Suvendu files Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Mamata

West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday moved court against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, filing a Rs 100 crore defamation suit over what he described as “imaginary and vile” allegations linking him to an alleged coal scam. In a post on social media, Adhikari said he had filed the suit before the court of the civil judge (senior division) at Alipore after Banerjee failed to respond to a legal notice he had served earlier this month. Adhikari said he had followed through on his warning after Banerjee did not reply within the stipulated time. “I kept my word of dragging you to court for your deceitful misadventures and filed suit against you today,” he said.

Smt. Mamata Banerjee, I honour my commitments while you obfuscate issues and people. Your deceptive silence to the defamation notice pertaining to your vile imaginary allegations of my involvement in some alleged coal scam will not help you salvage the situation.
I kept my word… pic.twitter.com/Rfgjb0m5J0

— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) January 16, 2026

Adhikari left the TMC to join the BJP ahead of the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections. Since then, he has emerged as Banerjee’s most vocal political challenger, with frequent courtroom and street-level confrontations between the two sides.