- By Aditya Jha
- Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:26 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bengal Election: With just a few months remaining in the much-hyped West Bengal Assembly election, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has begun the campaign in her trademark style. While responding to the allegations of corruption and poor law and order, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief has decided to focus on the "street politics". In the state budget for the upcoming financial year, the TMC has announced several beneficiary schemes for the Muslims and women, two core voter bases of the ruling party.
Bengal Election: Row Over SIR
Mamata Banerjee has been aggressive over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the election. She alleged that the revision was being conducted to remove the voters of the marginalised section of society, adding that the Election Commission has not been fair to the opposition parties.
"In assembly constituencies of BJP MLAs, the names of a maximum of 3,000 to 4,000 voters are deleted. But in constituencies held by Trinamool Congress MLAs, the number of voters deleted ranges between 40,000 and 1 lakh," Banerjee stated. She also raised the issue during a hearing in the Supreme Court, with the TMC presenting her as the politician who will go to any extent for her voters, another example of visual optics.
Beneficiary Schemes
Apart from this, Banerjee's government also announced a hike in the beneficiary schemes that helped TMC during the 2021 Assembly polls. The government hiked the money allocated for the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme for women beneficiaries by Rs 500. Apart from this, the ruling party also announced a stipend for unemployed youth who have cleared the Class 10 exam. The move is likely to attract youth towards the TMC ahead of the key polls.
While the ruling TMC will contest to repeat its government, the BJP will try to form its government in the state for the first time.
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