Police detained a 38-year-old woman outside the former chief minister's Kalighat home after Trinamool Congress leaders alleged an armed assault attempt.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claims a government medical report shows no evidence of a fracture, promising a new inquiry after upcoming byelections.
The annual reconstitution of India's parliamentary standing committees sees the ruling BJP and its allies retain most key roles, while the TMC is stripped of two leadership posts.
At a New Delhi press conference Mamata Banerjee accused the Election Commission of bias, predicted the Modi government’s early fall, and was confronted with an Enforcement Directorate finding that a former minister’s firm routed ₹30 lakh to her accounts, prompting senior Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury to demand that legal baggage be cleared before any alliance.
The petition follows an Election Commission order blocking both factions from using the party's traditional identity in upcoming West Bengal by-elections.
