Suvendu Adhikari to meet NCPI MPs in Delhi on August 4 as TMC stares at more exits
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to meet with 20 MPs who defected from the Trinamool Congress to the newly formed Nationalist Citizens Party of India. The meeting comes amid ongoing political instability and speculation about further defections from the Trinamool camp.
Why it matters
The shifting political landscape in West Bengal reflects broader power struggles within Indian regional politics and the influence of the central NDA coalition.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is likely to meet MPs of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India on Tuesday (August 4, 2026). Senior NCPI MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar have confirmed the meeting, which would be the first between the Chief Minister and the 20 MPs who defected from Trinamool Congress (TMC) and joined the fledgling party.
“The agenda of the meeting is development in our respective parliamentary constituencies. A large number of our party workers are still homeless after the change of government. We want them to be brought back to their homes,” Mr. Bandyopadhyay told mediapersons in Delhi.
He said Mr. Adhikari was supposed to meet the MPs last week but the meeting could not be held since he could not arrive in Delhi in time. Ms. Dastidar, who left for Delhi, all NCPI MPs will meet the Chief Minister.
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