Kolkata, June 26 -- The West Bengal as India knew it has drastically changed in the one month since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state Assembly elections.

With a newly presented budget that significantly slashed funds to the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education (MAME) to the rise in violence, the minorities have been left to deal with the hostile environment in the state.

Unlike the Rs 5,713 crore budget presented by the Trinamool Congress government in 2025-26, the current Finance Minister, Swapan Dasgupta, allocated less than half of that to the Minority Department - Rs 2,165 crore.

The MAME, under the previous government, was a key department with annual funding surpassing Rs 5,000 crore the past three years. The Mamat...