Suvendu-Abhishek feud keeps political temperatures high in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. | Photo credit: PTI

Six months after the West Bengal Assembly elections, the state’s politics is dominated by the feud between Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Abhishek Banerjee.

The Assembly election defeat and subsequent split in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with most of its Lok Sabha MPs and MLAs breaking away from Mamata Banerjee, posed an existential threat to the former chief minister and her nephew. Mr Abhishek in particular has come under fire from both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Ms Mamata’s critics. While the BJP accused him of corruption during the TMC rule, party rebels held him responsible for the electoral failure and cited his leadership as the reason for leaving the party.

Published – 12 Nov 2026 10:49 IST