Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Mamata Banerjee Rejects Political Retirement, Vows Continued Fight Against BJP
Mamata Banerjee said she will not retire from politics.
She compared retirement to taking sanyas, or becoming a monk.
She said she would continue opposing the BJP.
Banerjee accused the BJP government in West Bengal of mistreating people.
She said welfare benefits were being denied or decided using caste and religion.
She also alleged that many of her party workers were put in false police cases.
She criticized the government over alleged violence at universities.
She raised concerns about information collected for Census and NRC forms.
She said she might ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
Mamata Banerjee ruled out retiring from politics after losing power in West Bengal.
She said her political fight would continue until the BJP was sent into retirement.
Banerjee accused the BJP government of misrule, torture, atrocities and welfare-scheme discrimination.
She alleged that police had filed false cases against at least 12,000 people, mostly TMC workers.
She questioned information requirements on Census and NRC forms and threatened to approach the Supreme Court.
- Who
- Mamata Banerjee, leader of the Trinamul Congress, and the BJP government in West Bengal.
- What
- Banerjee rejected political retirement and criticized the BJP government’s policies and alleged actions.
- When
- On Monday, during a Facebook broadcast; the article does not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- West Bengal, including references to Jadavpur University and other academic institutions.
- Why
- Banerjee said she would continue fighting the BJP over alleged misrule, welfare discrimination, police cases and other issues.
- Political leader
- Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress supremo and former West Bengal chief minister
- Retirement decision
- Banerjee ruled out taking political sanyas
- Opposition target
- She vowed to continue fighting until the BJP was sent into sanyas
- Alleged police cases
- She accused the government of implicating at least 12,000 people, mostly her workers, in false cases
- Welfare schemes
- She compared the TMC’s Lakshmir Bhandar with the BJP’s Annapurna Bhandar and alleged discrimination in benefits
- University unrest
- She criticized the government’s lack of action over alleged vandalism by BJP and ABVP members at Jadavpur University and other institutions
- Census and NRC concerns
- She questioned whether information submitted on NRC forms could later be used elsewhere and said she might approach the Supreme Court