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Said- Our defeat was not due to public mandate, but due to a conspiracy.

Kolkata. Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday refused to step down after her party’s defeat in the assembly elections and claimed that the election result was not the real mandate of the people but the result of a conspiracy.

Banerjee also alleged that Trinamool Congress did not fight the elections against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but its fight was with the Election Commission, which worked for the BJP.

She said, “The question of my resignation does not arise because our defeat was not due to the public mandate but due to a conspiracy. … I have not lost, I will not go to Lok Bhawan. They can take action as per constitutional norms.

Banerjee alleged massive irregularities in the counting process, claiming that the mandate on nearly 100 seats was ‘robbed’ and counting was deliberately slowed down to demoralize her party.

He said, “A dark chapter has been added to history.” The Trinamool Congress chief accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of weakening the democratic rights of the people.

Banerjee also announced the formation of a 10-member fact-finding committee to visit the areas affected by post-poll violence and assess the ground situation. He termed the allegations of violence after the elections in 2021 as baseless. Banerjee said that after the election results, many leaders of the ‘India’ alliance (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) of opposition parties contacted her and expressed solidarity.

He said, leaders of ‘India’ alliance of opposition parties called me and expressed solidarity. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have also talked to me. Banerjee said that now her focus will be on strengthening the opposition alliance at the national level.

The BJP won 207 seats and secured a decisive majority in the 294-member assembly, ending Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule in the state.

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