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BJP eyes gains in 2026 Bengal polls over waqf property row
The Statesman
|February 10, 2025
The party has intensified its attack on the TMC over an alleged land-conversion case in Burdwan
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The state BJP is looking to gain political advantage in the 2026 Assembly elections over the Waqf property issue.
The saffron party has intensified its attack on the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) in West Bengal over an alleged land conversion case in the Bankura district. The Leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has written to the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, urging central intervention in what he termed as a "shocking case of government land grabbing" through its alleged conversion into Waqf property.
Mr Adhikari has also sent a letter to the West Bengal government, questioning the legality of the move and warning of street protests if the matter is not addressed promptly.
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