Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed exit polls, alleging market manipulation, and predicted a Trinamool victory exceeding 200 seats. She urged counting agents to remain vigilant against alleged Election Commission bias and warned of legal action against observers for "unconstitutional acts." Abhishek Banerjee echoed these sentiments, highlighting alleged targeting of party workers and women.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the BJP's "chargesheet" against the Mamata Banerjee government, alleging corruption and violence. The Trinamool Congress hit back with its own "chargesheet," accusing the BJP of insulting Bengalis and withholding funds. Both parties escalated rhetoric ahead of the upcoming elections.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee navigates political anxieties by embracing a combative street-fighting persona, effectively countering anti-incumbency. Her strategy, amplified by Abhishek Banerjee's organizational prowess and Suvendu Adhikari's opposition leadership, positions the 2026 election as a crucial test for both state and national politics.

A gift parcel containing a shawl, silver coin, wrist watch and other valuables sent to MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, by an organisation in Mumbai, went missing before delivery to his home in Kolkata prompting the MP to lodge a police complaint leading to arrest of three persons including the concerned delivery executive. The parcel however is yet to be recovered.

Same 294 seats. Same rivals. But three unexpected factors are making this election unusually tricky to read

KOLKATA: WBPCC permanent invitee Somen Mitra used the occasion of rebel Trinamul Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay's joining the party to criticise Trinamul chairperson Mamata Banerjee's brand of politics.

Arrested Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was on Friday shifted to SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack after he complained of chest pain, even as fellow MP Tapas Pal’s health condition reportedly deteriorated in the day.

KOLKATA: Trinamul Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay received a shot in the arms on Wednesday as BJP's central observer for West Bengal, in an interview with a private television channel in Kolkata, said the BJP would like to see Bandyopadhyay as the Trinamul candidate in Kolakta North - West.

CBI investigators are not satisfied with Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s deposition on his foreign trips. They are digging out files to find out who sponsored his trips abroad when Bandyopadhyay had a good rapport with Rose Valley boss Gautam Kundu and his wife. CBI officers also questioned Bandyopadhyay’s colleague Tapas Paul over Kundu’s Tollywood connections.

Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay has denied Maoist leader Bikram's statement on an understanding between the CPI(Maoist) and Mamata Banerjee.

The sultry summer afternoon was becoming difficult for Sudip Bandyopadhyay, out on a road show in his Kolkata North constituency on Thursday. Naina, Sudip's wife, handed him over a wet towel.

It was supposed to be a heated exchange between the lawyers in a crowded courtroom, and it was. After all, present in the mix was Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, alleged to have conspired with Rose Valley Group and duped thousands of investors in a chit fund scam.

A day before Trinamool MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay is produced before the special CBI court, central investigating agencies have repotedly come across “anomalies” in the expense details of his foreign trips.

Two TMC MPs - Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Pal - are in jail in the Rose Valley scam case. The TMC leadership has accused BJP of pursuing "vendetta" politics. Rose Valley Group has been accused of duping investors of Rs 17,000 crore in different states including Odisha and West Bengal.

The Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested a person for sending threat messages to Leader of Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay, a senior police officer said.

The special CBI court, Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday remanded Trinamool Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay in CBI custody for six days. The high-profile parliamentarian from Kolkata North was brought to the Odisha capital around midnight for interrogation and production in court.

A special CBI court in Bhubaneswar has remanded Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay in CBI custody for three days till January 12.