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'Was kicked in belly, manhandled when CCTV was off': Mamata
05 May 2026

Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that she was kicked in the "belly, backside" and manhandled by "CRPF goons" when when she visited the counting center in Bhabanipur on Monday.

She claimed the CCTV was off then.

"If Central forces can behave like this. I have nothing to say. I have seen former BJP governments...But nothing like this," she said.

Won't resign, she says
Allegations

Speaking at a press conference after her party lost the elections, she said they didn't lose the polls because 100 seats were "forcibly taken away" and so she would not be resigning.

"There is no question of my resignation. I will not go to Raj Bhavan. We did not lose the election," she said.

"We were defeated not by public mandate but by conspiracy."

'BJP played game directly with the Election Commission'
CEC

She also accused the government and the Election Commission of working together for the TMC's downfall saying, "Two days before the election, they started arresting our people. They started raiding everywhere. They changed all IPS and IAS officers."

"They selected people from their party and BJP played the game directly with the Election Commission. It is a betting between the BJP and Election Commission."

PM and HM are also involved: Banerjee
PM

She said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are involved in this scheme.

"PM and HM are also involved, direct interference. They deleted 90 lakh names in the SIR. When we went to court, 32 lakh names were included...They played dirty, nasty and mischievous games. I have never seen this type of election in my life," she said.