New Delhi, June 29 -- The newly-indutced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal is ready to place before the Assembly two law-and-order bills that would significantly expand the state's powers to tackle organised crime and public disorder.

The proposed laws that promise a decisive crackdown on syndicates, extortion rackets and political violence have already trighered opposition concerns over civil liberties and executive overreach, news agency PTI said.

The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-social Activities Bill, 2026 and the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026 were scheduled to be tabled in the Bengal assembly on Monday.

The first bill basically widens the definition of 'anti-so...