Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury blamed the current political situation and post-poll violence in the state on her governance and said Congress would consider support only if she accepts Rahul Gandhi as the leader of the INDIA alliance

After Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister, his mother Gayatri Adhikari said people of the state were happier than she was and urged him to deliver justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim and others who faced atrocities