TMC leader’s suicide: Bengal CM blames corrupt party elements, Mamata cites hostility

West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has said the purported suicide note of former deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee will be examined, and that he suspects 'corrupt elements' within the Trinamool Congress may have threatened the veteran leader. Banerjee was found hanging at a TMC office in Rampurhat, Birbhum district, on Sunday. Adhikari said police have been asked to investigate whether Banerjee was threatened, as per PTI reports.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in a post on X, condoled the death and said the 'harassment and mental pressure' Banerjee faced should make everyone reflect on the 'human cost of relentless political hostility'. TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged a 'sustained smear campaign' by the BJP and sections of the media. The Federal reports the suicide note stated no one was responsible for the death and expressed regret over entering politics.