PM blocking funds, WB people to remove BJP from Centre: TMC

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of blocking Central funds meant for West Bengal and asserted that contrary to the BJP’s call for “change” in the 2026 Assembly elections, the people of the state would lead the process of dislodging the saffron party from power at the Centre after the state elections.

Addressing a rally at Chopra in Nadia district after a roadshow, the TMC national general secretary said the people of the state would not “surrender to outsiders and zamindars in Delhi”, and claimed that the BJP’s seat tally would fall below 50 in the upcoming Assembly election. The saffron party had won 77 seats in 2021.

Charging the BJP-led Central government with withholding funds, Banerjee alleged that the BJP wanted the people of Bengal to “bow and surrender”.

Under the fourth phase of the RastaShree-PathaShree scheme of the state, Rs 8,000 crore would be spent across Bengal to construct 20,000 km of roads, he said.