Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Baul Singer, Athlete Seek Suvendu Adhikari’s Help Over Grievances
Baul singer Purna Das Baul visited a public grievance meeting with his son.
He said some of his family’s land had allegedly been taken or occupied by others.
He asked Suvendu Adhikari to help recover it.
Adhikari called a district official and asked him to look into the complaints.
Athlete Somnath Malo also met Adhikari.
Malo said he needed a job after a recruitment process was cancelled.
He also said he is now a cancer patient and feels helpless.
Adhikari said he would consider Malo’s request and heard applications from many other people.
Purna Das Baul asked Suvendu Adhikari to help recover land allegedly taken during the Trinamool Congress regime.
The singer cited alleged control of ashram land in Santiniketan and encroachment on personal land in Kamarpara, Illambazar.
Adhikari called Birbhum district magistrate Dhaval Jain and asked him to examine the complaints.
Para Asian Games high-jump gold medallist Somnath Malo requested a job after the cancellation of his 2016 recruitment selection.
Adhikari met nearly 100 people at the BJP office’s Janatar Darbar and accepted applications from others seeking help.
- Who
- Baul singer Purna Das Baul, athlete Somnath Malo, Suvendu Adhikari, and other complainants.
- What
- They sought government help over alleged land encroachment, a cancelled job selection, and other grievances.
- When
- Wednesday.
- Where
- The Janatar Darbar at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Salt Lake office; the land complaints concern Santiniketan and Kamarpara in Illambazar.
- Why
- Purna Das Baul wanted alleged land takeovers investigated, while Somnath Malo sought employment after his recruitment selection was cancelled.
Complainants’ allegations
Government’s stated response
Land dispute
Complainants’ allegations
Purna Das Baul’s family alleged that ashram land in Santiniketan was taken over and that personal land in Kamarpara was encroached upon with alleged assistance from local Trinamool Congress leaders.
Government’s stated response
Suvendu Adhikari called the Birbhum district magistrate and asked officials to examine both complaints; no finding on the allegations was reported.
Cancelled recruitment
Complainants’ allegations
Somnath Malo said he was selected for a non-teaching post through the 2016 School Service Commission process and requested a job after the process was cancelled during a legal process.
Government’s stated response
Malo said Adhikari listened to him and assured him that he would consider the appeal; the article does not report a final employment decision.
- Main complainant
- Purna Das Baul, a Padma Shri recipient
- Land locations
- Santiniketan and Kamarpara, Illambazar
- Official contacted
- Birbhum district magistrate Dhaval Jain
- Athlete’s achievement
- Somnath Malo won a high-jump gold medal at the 2002 Para Asian Games
- Employment issue
- Malo said his selection as non-teaching staff through the 2016 School Service Commission process was cancelled
- Grievance meeting
- Adhikari met nearly 100 people and accepted applications from others
- Political setting
- The land allegations were linked by the complainants to the Trinamool Congress regime