Bengal Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury kicked off 2026 targeting the state's ruling Trinamool and accusing it of having committed "vote robbery", though he offered no details of how that might have happened. The big problem, though, for the Congress is the Trinamool is, on paper, an ally.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party is a member of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, albeit with a history of spats that fracture any sense of unity, particularly during election season.