The TMC has begun to brainstorm about the issues on which they will raise their voice both inside and outside the Parliament.

The Left party called for the defeat of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to save secular democracy.

The average MGNREGA wage increase across India is ₹28 per day, bringing the average wage for 2024-25 to ₹289 as against ₹261 for FY’23-24. 

Panja further criticised the central government's alleged withholding of funds for crucial schemes like MGNREGA, claiming this action deprived numerous beneficiaries in West Bengal of their rightful wages.

The ED was conducting searches at the residence of a West Bengal Civil Services (WBCS) officer in Salt Lake's IA Block. He was earlier posted as a block development officer in Dhaniakhali in Hooghly district, they said.