Picture by Rupesh KhanMeghdeep BhattacharyyaChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday warned that the Hindutva brigade was cobbling together a post-poll survival manual that comprises plans for the infamous Operation Lotus and a third Partition of Bengal. Also Read PM refers to each Bengal BJP nominee as 'Modi' at his election campaign in SiliguriMamata then unveiled what she termed a “clandestine blueprint” for Bengal’s dismemberment. “The BJP plans to introduce a delimitation bill to divide Bengal into three parts. It may merge parts of Bengal with Bihar or Odisha, and torture the Bengalis who remain there,” she claimed. Foil their plans.”The BJP bribes voters before polls and forgets promises after polling is over, Mamata alleged.
Source: The Telegraph April 13, 2026 03:19 UTC