With just one year left for the assembly polls, the fallout of the anti-Waqf law violence and the SC verdict affecting over 25,000 school teachers could be electorally damaging for the chief minister
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is fighting battles on multiple fronts. The signs are ominous. The violence in Murshidabad over the new Waqf (Amendment) Act is likely to further polarise West Bengal ahead of the April 2026 assembly election.