{
  "id": 4009685,
  "title": "Mamata Claims TMC Will Return To Power Soon, Accuses BJP Of 'Capturing Bengal'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/mamata-claims-tmc-will-return-to-power-soon-accuses-bjp-of-capturing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T17:40:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/mamata-claims-tmc-will-return-to-power-soon-accuses-bjp-of-capturing-bengal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kolkata: Former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, speaking at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) student wing's foundation day celebrations in Kolkata, announced that TMC would regain power soon. She accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of seizing control of Bengal through \"theft.\" Mamata criticized the BJP, stating that \"the BJP has no organization here. It is making the police do its work across Bengal.\" She vowed to file a case against the police and emphasized that a new era would soon emerge in Bengal, with the TMC returning to power. She further announced her intention to tour districts if her requests for permissions were not granted. The former CM criticized the police for their recent actions at TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's office, alleging that the police force she \"doesn't\" recognize is inhumane. She contrasted this with the humane treatment of people during her tenure.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, addressing the foundation day of the student’s wing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) at Cathedral Road in Kolkata on Friday, declared that the TMC will return to power soon. Mamata also alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had ‘captured Bengal by theft’. Mamata targets BJP “The BJP has no organisation here. It is making the police do its work…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}