Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Suvendu Adhikari to Visit Ashish Banerjee’s Family
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari plans to visit Rampurhat and Tarapith on Saturday.
He will meet the family of Ashish Banerjee, a former senior state leader who recently died.
The chief minister will offer his condolences to them.
He will also lead a large government meeting in Birbhum.
More than 150 officials and elected representatives are expected to attend.
The district has recently faced a hotel fire in which nine pilgrims died.
Authorities have also seized cash, gold and other assets linked to businessman Tulu Mondal.
The meeting is expected to discuss how the government can collect more money from sand and stone operations.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will visit Rampurhat and Tarapith on Saturday.
Adhikari is scheduled to offer condolences to the family of late former Deputy Speaker Ashish Banerjee.
The chief minister will chair an administrative meeting in Birbhum involving more than 150 officials and elected representatives.
The visit follows a Tarapith hotel fire that killed nine pilgrims and a seizure of cash, gold and assets linked to businessman Tulu Mondal.
The meeting is expected to focus on revenue collection from West Bengal’s sand and stone sectors, amid Adhikari’s allegations of past revenue leakages.
- Who
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Ashish Banerjee’s family, and more than 150 officials and elected representatives.
- What
- Adhikari will visit the bereaved family and chair an administrative meeting in Birbhum.
- When
- Saturday; the article describes it as Adhikari’s first official visit to Birbhum since taking office on 9 May 2026.
- Where
- Rampurhat and Tarapith in Birbhum district, West Bengal.
- Why
- To offer condolences and review district administration, including revenue collection from sand and stone sectors.
Government’s Revenue Concerns
Previous Regime’s Position
Alleged revenue leakages
Government’s Revenue Concerns
Suvendu Adhikari has repeatedly alleged that substantial revenue leakages occurred during the previous 15-year Trinamool Congress regime and is expected to prioritize collection from sand and stone sectors.
Previous Regime’s Position
The article reports the allegation but does not provide a response from the Trinamool Congress or representatives of the previous regime.
- Visitor
- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari
- Main condolence visit
- Residence of late former Deputy Speaker Ashish Banerjee in Rampurhat
- Administrative meeting
- More than 150 officials and elected representatives are expected to participate
- District
- Birbhum
- Recent tragedy
- Nine pilgrims died in a Tarapith hotel fire
- Revenue focus
- Collection from the state’s sand and stone sectors
- Previous contact
- Adhikari had earlier spoken with Ashish Banerjee’s family by phone through Bolpur MP Asit Mal