| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
Accused Anukalp Mishra also admitted to theft and embezzlement during counting; ₹16,08,240 was recovered at his instance.
Anukalp Mishra confession
|
crime |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
From accused Avinash Shukla, police recovered ₹39,220 cash, 10,121 US dollars, about 160 grams of silver-like metal, an approximately 8-gram gold-like chain, and a roughly 3.5-gram yellow-metal ring.
recovery from Avinash
|
crime |
inaccurate |
90.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
Accused Avinash Shukla admitted in his arrest papers that theft and embezzlement took place during the counting of offerings at the temple trust.
accused confession
|
crime |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
ABP News has obtained the arrest papers of seven of the eight accused in the Ram Mandir offerings theft, in which police recorded the recovered amounts and the trust's role.
arrest paper evidence
|
crime |
accurate |
76.0% |
| Chitra Tripathi |
2026-07-02 |
The channel possesses firm proof of the entire Ram Mandir trust's complicity in the offerings theft, including written confessions of the accused thieves.
temple trust complicity
|
crime |
misleading |
72.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Those who carried the badge of being Mamata Banerjee's loyal soldiers have suddenly turned disloyal.
loyalist defections
|
opposition attack |
not checked |
— |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
What happened in Maharashtra — where the party and its symbol went to rebel Eknath Shinde over Uddhav Thackeray — appears to be repeating in Bengal.
Maharashtra parallel
|
opposition attack |
not checked |
— |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The situation currently does not look good for Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata's political position
|
opposition attack |
not checked |
— |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The legal battle over control of the party funds will drag on for a long time, as neither faction is willing to negotiate.
party funds legal battle
|
opposition attack |
not checked |
— |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Today, on 2 July, the High Court refused to unfreeze TMC's bank accounts, but questioned the police about why the accounts were frozen so hastily, just a day after the FIR.
account unfreeze refusal
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On 30 June, the High Court declined an urgent hearing of TMC's petition, saying it would not treat the matter as a special case.
High Court hearing refusal
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The very next day, on 20 June, police froze all three TMC bank accounts based on the complaint; the accounts held ₹440 crore.
bank accounts frozen
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
On 19 June, the TMC rebel faction filed a police complaint demanding an investigation into the source of funds deposited in TMC's party accounts.
fund source complaint
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
85.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Mamata Banerjee suffered a major setback when the High Court refused the Mamata faction's request to unblock the party's bank accounts so money could be withdrawn.
bank account unblocking
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The fight within TMC is not only over control of the party but also over ₹1000 crore lying in the party's accounts.
party funds dispute
|
opposition attack |
misleading |
75.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Mamata faction has the right to approach the courts, and it is rejecting the rebel faction's claims.
court challenge
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
70.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The final decision on recognizing the rebel faction rests with Assembly Speaker Rathendra Bose in the assembly, Om Birla in the Lok Sabha, and Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan in the Rajya Sabha.
faction recognition authority
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
88.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The rebel TMC MPs in the Lok Sabha have merged with a party reported to be NCPI.
MP merger with NCPI
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
According to reports, the post of Leader of Opposition in West Bengal may go to the rebel faction.
Leader of Opposition post
|
opposition attack |
not checked |
— |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
The Speaker of the West Bengal assembly has granted recognition to the TMC rebel faction.
Speaker recognition
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Four of TMC's 13 Rajya Sabha MPs have already resigned, leaving the Mamata faction with only nine Rajya Sabha MPs.
Rajya Sabha resignations
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
TMC has 28 Lok Sabha MPs in total, of whom 20 have split away — one more than the 19 needed for a two-thirds majority, leaving Mamata with 8 MPs.
TMC Lok Sabha split
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Mamata Banerjee is left with only 22 MLAs, while the rebel faction's 58 MLAs exceed the required two-thirds threshold (about 54 of 80).
TMC MLA split
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
TMC currently has 80 MLAs in the West Bengal assembly, of which 58 are with the rebel faction.
TMC MLA split
|
opposition attack |
accurate |
90.0% |
| Rubika Liyaquat |
2026-07-02 |
Under the anti-defection law in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, a party's rebel faction gets recognition only if two-thirds of the MLAs or MPs are with the rebels.
anti-defection law
|
governance economy |
misleading |
60.0% |