Narendra Modi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s brief roadside stop in poll-bound West Bengal’s Jhargram has triggered a massive political controversy. It was alleged by Trinamool Congress (TMC) that permission was denied to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren and they had to keep waiting in the helicopter before leaving without attending political gatherings.
Narendra Modi’s Jhalmuri Moment
On its official X handle, TMC wrote Jharkhand Chief Minister Shri Hemant Soren and his wife and MLA Smt. Kalpana Soren were denied permission to land their helicopter into Jhargram because the PM decided to extend his stay in Jhargram to eat Jhalmuri.
TMC went on to allege that the “photo-ops stunts” of the Prime Minister took precedence over the democratic rights of Soren and his wife. Interestingly, it seems odd as to why the TMC, the party of Mamata Banerjee, is up in arms with PM on the Jhalmuri break.
Locals, including children and women, gathered around the PM as slogans such as “Bharat Mata ki jai”, “Narendra Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shri Ram” were chanted.
West Bengal is all set to go into state assembly elections across two phases on April 23 and 29 this month and election results would be announced on May 4, 2026.
Soren Praises Mamata Banerjee
Modi attended four back-to-back raalies in Jhargram, Purulia, Medinipur and Bishnupur before relishing Jhalmuri at a local shop. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren supported TMC and asked why elections in the state of West Bengal are held in two phases.
Soren went on praise the work of Mamata Banerjee for dalit, adivasi, backward and other minority communities. Soren added that the West Bengal government’s model fir education within Santhal and adivasi communities was one that the state of Jharkhand would like to replicate.
