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A war of words has erupted within the Trinamool Congress after a student leader linked to the party was accused of rape. Controversial remarks by senior leaders triggered backlash, forcing the party to issue a clarification and deepen internal divisions.

The West Bengal government has openly flouted scriptural injunctions and long-established traditions in its brazen appropriation of the Puri Jagannath Dham.

TMC leader Monojit Mishra threatened to kill the victim's boyfriend and get her parents arrested using his political influence in the ruling party.

The rape accused has been seen meeting several TMC leaders, including Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee's sister-in-law and even Firhad Hakim.

The results of bypolls in five assembly seats across Punjab, Kerala, Gujarat, and West Bengal are out. Congress won in Nilambur, AAP secured victories in Ludhiana West and Visavadar, BJP retained Kadi, and TMC swept Kaliganj.

The Trinamool Congress MP, who was jailed for spreading fake news, had mocked the legacy of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar repeatedly between 2019 and 2021.

"He (Newton Das) must be a voter in Bangladesh. He was born there. He had come to India after Covid-19 outbreak to settle some land disputes. I do not know where he lives now. I don't know how he became a voter here," the accused's brother Tapas Das told TV9 Bangla.

The legal impasse regarding OBC commenced when the Calcutta HC annulled 1.2 million OBC certificates in May 2024.

The Supreme Court has recently slammed Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers and cancelled the bail of five person who were accused of targeted families for supporting BJP during the 2021 in West Bengal, saying such incidents were "grave attacks on the roots of democracy".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday and said West Bengal needs freedom from "politics of violence, appeasement, riots and corruption" and that the people are looking towards "BJP's development model".