‘Calculated move’: Trinamool alleges Mamata Banerjee’s security removed
MPs Derek O'Brien shared a video claiming Mamata Banerjee was left without security at her Kolkata residence. The TMC said that this was vendetta politics pursued by CM Suvendu Adhikari.
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari and his predecessor Mamata Banerjee (PTI) Former Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s personal Security Officers were allegedly moved out from her house in Kolkata on Wednesday night. Posting a video of the alleged incident, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien said the PSOs had been in Banerjee’s service for 20 years. He also said that Banerjee was inside. He said: “Have parked my car to block entrance. No security.”
Alleging vendetta politics, the TMC posted on X: “Your [Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari] insecurity-driven abuse of power exposes exactly who you are. If ‘petty politics’ had a face, it would undoubtedly look like yours.”
HAPPENING NOW
9.30 pm today. @MamataOfficial‘s PSOs for 20 yrs were moved out from her residence in Kolkata. She is inside
Have parked my car to block entrance. No security. .Shot this video. Will come to you live now from @AITCofficial’s Facebook Page pic.twitter.com/4CFlZk5k4v
— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) June 17, 2026
The party further said, “Removing the long-serving security personnel protecting Mamata Banerjee is not administrative action; it is a calculated move to isolate and endanger her.”
TMC MP Mahua Moitra lashed out at the BJP, saying: “This is how Mamata Banerjee, a three-term CM and seven term MP is being humiliated and put at risk by shameless vengeful BJP government. While Mohan Bhagwat enjoys XYZ +++ security with 100s of commando cars at our expense.”
‘Egg attacks against TMC leaders a show of democracy’: Bengal Minister
Meanwhile, the BJP has defended the incidents of eggs being hurled at TMC leaders, calling such occurences a show of “democracy”. West Bengal minister Agnimitra Paul said the anger simmering in the public has now spilled out and the incidents reflected only that. She further said the people still remember the “persecution and corruption” in the TMC regime.
“We don’t want anyone to take the law into their own hands, but you cannot forget how the people of Bengal were persecuted, corruption happened on every level of the society, and Mamata Banerjee did not do anything,” she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
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