Mamata refuses to quit, calls West Bengal poll ‘conspiracy, not people’s mandate’
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ruled out resigning after the BJP’s landslide win in the assembly elections, alleging the results were “not a people’s mandate but a conspiracy.”
According to Kashmir Media Service, Banerjee told a press conference in Kolkata on Tuesday that the Trinamool Congress was defeated “officially, through the Election Commission” but claimed “morally we won.” She accused the EC of bias, saying, “We did not fight the BJP; we fought the EC, which worked for the saffron party.”
Alleging large-scale irregularities in counting, she claimed nearly 100 seats were “looted” and the process was deliberately slowed to break her party’s morale. “I have never seen such an election in my entire political career. A black chapter in history has been created,” she said.
The BJP secured 207 seats in the 294-member assembly, ending TMC’s 15-year rule. Banerjee said she would return to “agitational politics” and focus on strengthening the opposition INDIA bloc, noting calls from Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, and others. She also announced a 10-member fact-finding committee to visit areas “affected by post-poll violence.”
