Will return to power in 2026 with two-thirds majority, Mamata Banerjee tells Trinamool MLAs

Mamata Banerjee confident of two-thirds majority in 2026 Assembly election, urges Trinamool MLAs to focus on polls.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (February 10, 2025) told her party legislators that she will return to power in the Assembly election scheduled in 2026 with a two-thirds majority.

The Trinamool Congress chief made the remarks at a closed-door meeting with MLAs at the start of the Budget Session of the West Bengal Assembly.

The remarks by Ms. Banerjee come after the Delhi election results and comments by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders that West Bengal was the next target of the saffron party. The BJP won the Delhi Assembly polls defeating Aam Admi Party (AAP).

During the meeting with Trinamool MLAs, the party chairperson said that they should concentrate on the upcoming Assembly polls in the State and should resist factionalism in the party.

The Chief Minister told the legislators that she does not have any family and the party was her family. “I have no family, you all are my family,” she said. Ms. Banerjee touched upon numerous issues during her address and asked party MLAs to refrain from making any comments in public.

Recently, a number of party MLAs have spoken out in public, speaking about corruption in certain sections of the party. Referring to senior party MLA Madan Mitra, who later apologised for his remarks, the Chief Minister asked how many times should people be forgiven. While the party chairperson chided a few MLAs, she also appreciated the initiatives of few MLAs including that of Itahar MLA.

The Chief Minister also asked the MLAs to submit three names for the party’s block level organisation to Minister Aroop Biswas by February 25. The MLAs were presented with a copy of a book titled ‘Lipiboddho’ which documents various works undertaken by the party leader, from the period she was Railway Minister and Chief Minister of West Bengal for the past 13 years.