Tiljala Fire Fallout: Bengal Govt Turns Heat On TMC’s Illegal Construction Ecosystem

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• Tiljala Fire Fallout: Bengal Govt Turns Heat On TMC’s Illegal Construction Ecosystem Reported By, Edited By Last Updated: May 20, 2026, 08:51 IST The government has initiated inquiry into the properties owned by top TMC leaders, including Abhishek Banerjee and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's brothers Rapid Read West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
• (File Photo: PTI) In barely 10 days, the BJP government in Bengal, under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, has rolled out a series of politically and administratively significant decisions, starting from cancelling allowances for priests and Muslim clerics and ordering probes into alleged institutional corruption to handing over land to the BSF and initiating steps to curb illegal animal slaughter.
• Following the fire incident in Kolkata’s Tiljala area, the government is now preparing for what could become one of the most politically sensitive administrative crackdowns in the state—taking action against illegal constructions across municipal areas.
• The government...