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Women, welfare, rural schemes: Budget sets tone for West Bengal polls

Political analysts believe things are just beginning to heat up ahead of the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly elections in 2026

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Murshidabad: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a gathering during a government function, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo: PTI)

Ishita Ayan Dutt

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The West Bengal Assembly elections are about a year away but the political storm is already gathering force. Last week, at a press conference after the West Bengal Budget, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, took the Centre head-on and said that the Union Budget was election-oriented. “When elections come, they make promises, but don’t deliver. We don’t do that. We allocate funds from our revenue.”
 
From the alleged failure of the Ujjwala scheme to the stampede at Maha Kumbh and central dues owed to West Bengal, Banerjee launched a full-blown attack on the Modi government, finally rounding it off with “the