# Adhikari claims 275 MLAs would back BJP in floor test 2026-10-21T13:07:05+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, said the ruling BJP would secure the support of 275 MLAs in the 294-member assembly if a floor test were held. He claimed that 64 MLAs elected on Trinamool Congress tickets would back the BJP. "Let there be a floor test in the assembly tomorrow (Thursday, 22 October 2026)... our numbers would reach 275," Adhikari told reporters, according to PTI. The BJP won 208 seats in the April 2026 assembly elections, ending the TMC's 15-year rule. The TMC won 80 seats but later split, with a rebel faction led by Arup Roy and Ritabrata Banerjee being recognised by the Election Commission as 'Democratic Trinamool Congress' while Mamata Banerjee's faction was named 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress'. Adhikari made the remarks while visiting the home of a victim of the Chorbagan stampede on 17 October, in which 19 people were killed and 25 injured. He also said the Mamata AITC would lose its identity and numbers as it had no public support. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both outlets carry PTI wire copy reporting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's claim that 275 MLAs would back the BJP in a floor test, including 64 from TMC tickets. The coverage is uniform straight reporting with no framing differences. Adhikari's challenge sets up a potential trust test on Thursday, 22 October 2026, when the assembly could verify the numbers he cited. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - thefederal.com (neutral report) Wire copy reproduced verbatim with no editorial framing - indiatoday.in (neutral report) Straight report of Adhikari's claims via PTI, no slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: BJP, Election Commission of India, Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool Congress, West Bengal Legislative Assembly Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/adhikari-claims-275-mlas-would-back-bjp-in-floor-test/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/adhikari-claims-275-mlas-would-back-bjp-in-floor-test/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/