Akhilesh Yadav Meets Mamata Banerjee - says “you didn’t lose Didi…they way you fought…”

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee and TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee following the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results.

Akhilesh Yadav praised the Trinamool Congress leadership during the meeting and praised TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee for a “commendable battle” in the 2026 Assembly elections. “What a commendable battle you all have fought,” Yadav said. 

The SP chief Akhilesh Yadav also extended solidarity with TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s claim that she was not defeated in the poll gone by. “Didi, you have not lost,” Yadav reassured Banerjee.

The meeting took place amid ongoing discussions among INDIA bloc parties after the Bengal election outcome.

Apart from Akhilesh Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut also expressed support for Mamata Banerjee following the results. 

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Raut said security forces, economic pressure, and “the entire central machinery” were deployed during the elections. He also alleged large-scale deletions from voter lists aimed at influencing the outcome, though these claims could not be independently verified.  He added, INDIA alliance, opposition leaders across the country were now rallying behind her. He claimed that several alliance leaders had reached out to her personally, expressing solidarity and urging her to continue the fight. Quoting Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Raut said, “We are with you in this fight,” adding that most INDIA alliance leaders have extended their support. Leaders from Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) too are understood to have reached out to the TMC leadership after the election verdict.

The Bhartiya Janata Party marked landslide victory in the Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 with 207 seats out of 294, whereas TMC secured 80 seats setting stage for a change in government in West Bengal after 15 years.