Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Suvendu Adhikari Promises Investment and Development in Bengal
Suvendu Adhikari said big business leaders may invest in West Bengal.
He mentioned Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.
He said this investment could help create jobs and improve industry.
He blamed earlier governments for some of Bengal’s economic problems.
At a meeting in Cooch Behar, officials also discussed border security and roads.
Police were told to stop illegal drugs, smuggling, and extortion.
The government plans to develop Cooch Behar airport and strengthen border facilities.
Adhikari also said the local medical college needs better specialist care and equipment.
He reviewed government food and health benefits received by people in the district.
Suvendu Adhikari said major industrialists, including Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, were preparing to invest in West Bengal.
He blamed earlier Communist governments and Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year tenure for the state’s economic decline.
The Cooch Behar meeting addressed border security, infrastructure, illegal drug and goods smuggling, and extortion.
Adhikari said an airport agreement would be signed on September 28 and that national highways and border infrastructure would be expanded.
He acknowledged healthcare shortages at Cooch Behar Medical College and Hospital and reviewed welfare benefits received by district residents.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and officials in Cooch Behar.
- What
- Adhikari announced planned industrial investment and reviewed development, security, infrastructure, healthcare, and welfare issues.
- When
- The administrative meeting took place on Tuesday; an airport agreement is scheduled for September 28, and Gautam Adani’s project ceremony was described as taking place the day after the remarks.
- Where
- Rabindra Bhavan in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, with additional references to the India-Bangladesh border and Assam.
- Why
- The stated aim was to revive Bengal’s industrial and economic performance while addressing local security, infrastructure, healthcare, and welfare needs.
Criticism of Previous Governments
Government’s Development Promise
Bengal’s economic performance
Criticism of Previous Governments
Adhikari said the state suffered economically under earlier Communist governments and during Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year tenure.
Government’s Development Promise
Adhikari said new industrial investment would help restore Bengal’s lost glory and bring back employment and industrial activity.
Approach to development
Criticism of Previous Governments
The stated criticism was that Bengal had fallen behind in investment and industry.
Government’s Development Promise
Adhikari said the government would focus on development and follow a policy of “talk less, work more.”
Kamtapur movement
Criticism of Previous Governments
Representatives of the movement are seeking to raise their demands and conduct a peaceful democratic movement.
Government’s Development Promise
Adhikari said they could meet him for discussions at the state secretariat, Uttarkanya in Siliguri, or during a future visit to Cooch Behar.
- Industrial investment
- Adhikari said leading industrialists were coming forward to invest in West Bengal.
- Industrialists mentioned
- He said he had met Mukesh Ambani and that Gautam Adani was scheduled to visit Bengal for a project’s bhoomi pujan.
- Airport agreement
- An agreement concerning Cooch Behar airport is scheduled to be signed on September 28 in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu.
- Border land
- Around 210 acres were provided for Border Security Force requirements.
- Annapurna Yojana
- About 5.5 lakh people in Cooch Behar had reportedly received benefits.
- Ayushman Bharat
- Nearly 2,000 district patients and close to 100 migrant workers had reportedly received treatment assistance.
- Healthcare gaps
- Adhikari said Cooch Behar Medical College and Hospital lacked a neurologist, a cath lab, and adequate cardiology treatment.