BJP Vs TMC Erupts Over Asish Banerjee Death: Mamata Claims Harassment, Suvendu Orders Probe

West
Be gal
Chief
Mi iste
Suve du
Adhika i
has
called
the
death
of
fo me
T i amool
Co g ess
MLA
Asish
Ba e jee
a
“u fo tu ate
i cide t& dquo;
a d
sought
a
detailed
police
p obe,
i cludi g
exami atio
of
his
call
eco ds.
Adhika i
says
Ba e jee& squo;s
family
had
good
elatio s
with
local
BJP
wo ke s
a d
police,
while
wa i g
that
“co upt
i dividuals& dquo;
withi
the
TMC
could
t y
to
i timidate
them.

His
ema ks
come
afte
Ba e jee
was
fou d
ha gi g
at
a
pa ty
office
i
Bi bhum& squo;s
Rampu hat,
with
a
pu po ted
suicide
ote
ecove ed
f om
the
spot,
t igge i g
a
political
co t ove sy
ove
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
his
death.

Adhika i
Seeks
P obe

Speaki g
about
Ba e jee& squo;s
death,
Adhika i
says
he
spoke
to
the
fo me
MLA& squo;s
family
a d
desc ibed
him
as
a
“dece t
political
leade & dquo;.
He
says
the
BJP
MLA
elected
f om
Ba e jee& squo;s
fo me
co stitue cy
had
visited
him
a d
touched
his
feet,
while
the
family
told
him
that
Ba e jee
mai tai ed
good
elatio s
with
local
BJP
wo ke s
a d
the
police.

Adhika i
says
the
police
should
exami e
Ba e jee& squo;s
call
eco ds
as
pa t
of
the
i vestigatio .
He
also
asks
the
family
to
coope ate
with
the
autho ities,
wa i g
that
i dividuals
withi
the
TMC
who
may
be
i volved
i
co uptio
could
attempt
to
i timidate
them.

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Kolkata
|
O
the
death
of
Fo me
WB
Assembly
Deputy
Speake
a d
vete a
TMC
leade
Asish
Ba e jee,
West
Be gal
CM
Suve du
Adhika i
says,
“I
spoke
to
his
family
a
sho t
while
ago…
He
was
a
dece t
political
leade …
The
BJP
MLA
elected
f om
his
co stitue cy
we t
to
meet…

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—
ANI
(@ANI)

August
16,
2026

The
Chief
Mi iste
says
he
will
also
meet
Ba e jee& squo;s
family,
citi g
the
good
elatio ship
he
sha ed
with
the
vete a
leade .

Also
Read:

Asish
Ba e jee
Death:
What
Pu po ted
Suicide
Note
Said
About
Co uptio
Allegatio s

Mamata
Blames
‘Rele tless
P essu e& squo;

Mea while,
fo me
West
Be gal
Chief
Mi iste
Mamata
Ba e jee
says
the
death
of
Asish
Ba e jee
has
left
he
“deeply
distu bed& dquo;,
highlighti g
his
decades
of
wo k
as
a
teache
a d
public
se va t
a d
his
close
co ectio
with
people
i
Rampu hat
a d
Bi bhum.
She
says
the
five-te m
MLA
dedicated
himself
to
the
developme t
of
Rampu hat
a d
u de took
ume ous
impo ta t
p ojects
fo
the
co stitue cy.

Howeve ,
Mamata
alleges
that
despite
his
lo g
eco d
of
public
se vice,
Ba e jee
was
epeatedly
malig ed,
falsely
accused
a d
subjected
to
ele tless
p essu e,
which
she
says
caused
imme se
me tal
a d
emotio al
st ai
i
his
fi al
days.
She
says
the
ha assme t
he
faced
should
make
people
eflect
o
the
huma
cost
of
“ ele tless
political
hostility& dquo;,
while
offe i g
he
co dole ces
to
his
family,
fo me
stude ts,
loved
o es
a d
admi e s.

Asish
Ba e jee,
a
five-time
MLA
f om
Rampu hat,
ep ese ted
the
co stitue cy
fo
25
co secutive
yea s
befo e
losi g
the
2026
Assembly
electio
to
BJP& squo;s
Dh uba
Saha.
He
was
also
a
fo me
Deputy
Speake
of
the
West
Be gal
Assembly.

Also
Read:

Fo me
West
Be gal
Assembly
Deputy
Speake
Fou d
Dead
At
TMC
Office

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