CM Suvendu asks 12,000 fake rural housing beneficiaries under previous TMC regime to refund money

Kolkata West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (November 13, 2026) said 12,000 fake beneficiaries who had allegedly received housing assistance fraudulently under the previous TMC regime would be identified and legal action would be taken against them. https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAEScAHEIkXXyoqJNAdgPL23MCiwpnq07em2aT0h6odwgDiDUoPF1LbFlqFL-sJj4FfyJfW_uDeU7DtNgSVdR6bFOUKhEyz2-8UiT_8kKj1zLYCQeSjNOZqvyuVSVy0NSAZaGtMqWbQXb_sBtRTVKyKsVxM&gsessionid=Kz7yy6jjM4pIGJK1q8XqEBvr3K1tDX31GBiZvORK9Wr7hzdFet1afQ https://www.thehindu.com/topic/all-india-trinamool-congress/ "As stated by Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal, 57,000 fake beneficiaries had applied illegally under the previous government's Banglar Bari project and were delisted.

We have already identified 12,000 among them who received the money and have asked them to return the amount. While 1,000 have returned the money, I ask the rest to do the same," he told a press conference.