Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's Corruption Claims: Some True, Others Misleading or Unverified

The video's claims are a mix of accurate, partially accurate, and unverified or false statements. Suvendu Adhikari is indeed the current Chief Minister of West Bengal as of the upload date (May 9, 2026) and remains so.

He was involved in the Narada sting operation, where he was seen allegedly taking bribes, and was investigated by central agencies. Similarly, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the current Assam CM, was previously with Congress and faced CBI raids in the Saradha scam before joining the BJP, after which investigations reportedly eased.

However, the video makes several unverified or inaccurate assertions, such as Adhikari being the 'first CM in history' to be caught on video taking a bribe, the exact wording of a news headline, the specific caption on a video, the BJP uploading the original sting video, Modi's specific mocking phrases, and the dismissal of all cases against Adhikari after joining BJP. Adhikari had left TMC well over five years prior to the video's upload date.

Himanta Biswa Sarma joined BJP approximately a year after the CBI raids, not a few months. Therefore, while the core narrative of politicians facing corruption allegations, switching parties, and seeing investigations slow down has some factual basis around the upload date and remains relevant, several specific details presented in the video are not accurate or cannot be verified by reliable sources as of May 15, 2026. [1][2][3]