Will get support of 275 MLAs in 294 member Assembly, says West Bengal CM
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed that the BJP would secure 275 seats in a floor test, bolstered by support from 64 rebel Trinamool Congress MLAs. The remarks intensified local political tensions, with loyalists of Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP of engineering defections.
Why it matters
It illustrates significant political realignment and factional infighting within West Bengal's legislative assembly.
Will get support of 275 MLAs in 294 member Assembly, says West Bengal CM left West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. File. ANI ANI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/7he3k2/article71608906.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/20261018089L.jpg ANI Kolkata, Oct 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari speaks to the media on the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal stampede, in Kolkata on Saturday. Nineteen people died. (ANI Video Grab) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari gave hints that 64 of the MLAs of the rebel TMC faction will support him. BJP has 209 elected MLAs in the WB Legislative Assembly Kolkata Asserting that 64 legislators elected on Trinamool Congress tickets would back him in case of a trust vote, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday (October 21, 2026) claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would secure the support of 275 MLAs in the 294-member West Bengal Legislative Assembly if a floor test were to be conducted.
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