Mamata Banerjee

The INDIA bloc has announced a nationwide campaign over concerns related to the Election Commission and electoral processes. The Opposition plans protests, a march to the Election Commission headquarters, and a legal challenge to provisions of the Chief Election Commissioner Act, 2023.

West Bengal's Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls have turned into closely watched multi-cornered contests, with Mamata Banerjee backing Congress in Nandigram, a Congress candidate facing arrest, a last-minute candidate U-turn in Rejinagar and rival Trinamool Congress factions entering the electoral battle.

Rittick Mondal is a journalist covering West Bengal politics and electoral developments. His reporting includes recent developments surrounding the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls.

Political tensions in West Bengal have intensified after the Election Commission froze the Trinamool Congress name and symbol amid an internal party dispute, while Mamata Banerjee has challenged the decision in the Supreme Court.

The Election Commission has issued an interim order preventing rival factions of the Trinamool Congress from using the party's official name and election symbol for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls. Both sides have been asked to submit alternative names and symbols ahead of the October 6 polls.

The West Bengal Assembly Secretariat has issued notices to 10 MLAs aligned with the rebel TMC faction, seeking their responses to a disqualification petition filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led camp.

A complaint has been filed against former TMC MLAs Nirmal Majhi and Sudipta Roy in connection with allegations involving the Bengal Medical Council and an alleged fake-doctor case. Both former legislators have rejected the allegations.

The upcoming Nandigram Assembly bypoll has triggered fresh political discussions in West Bengal after a Congress leader claimed that the Trinamool Congress had offered the seat to Congress. The TMC denied making such a proposal, adding another point of contention ahead of the October 6 bypoll.

Kolkata, September 11, 2026: Political uncertainty within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has intensified in West Bengal, with rival factions laying competing claims to the party's identity, leadership and election symbol.

West Bengal Politics is entering another important phase as the BJP has formed a 263-member state executive committee ahead of upcoming Assembly bypolls. The organisational restructuring comes amid continuing political competition with the Trinamool Congress and a separate dispute over the TMC’s official name and election symbol before the Election Commission.

Political tensions have intensified in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming bypolls, with rival Trinamool Congress factions set to appear before the Election Commission over the party’s name and election symbol. The dispute could have significant implications for the upcoming electoral contest.

The Election Commission has announced October 6 as the polling date for the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly by-elections in West Bengal, setting up another major political contest between the BJP and opposition forces.