KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah hours after he claimed that the BJP would form the state government with a two-thirds majority in the next Assembly elections. Reacting sharply to Shah’s assertion, the Trinamool Congress supremo, while addressing a party rally in Bankura district, said, “You must resign. You are saying that you (BJP) will win Assembly polls in Bengal with two-third majority. On various earlier occasions, Banerjee has demanded the resignation of the Union home minister over different issues, including the terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. However, on Tuesday, the Bengal chief minister demanded Shah’s resignation specifically over his confident claim that the saffron party would win the Bengal Assembly polls with an absolute majority.

Source: Indian Express December 30, 2025 16:34 UTC