Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday refused to resign following the BJP’s sweeping victory, asserting that she would continue her political fight from the streets and remain actively engaged despite the setback.
“No question of me resigning, we were defeated not by public mandate but by conspiracy. I will not resign; I did not lose… I will not go to Raj Bhavan. The question doesn’t arise,” said Mamata Banerjee.
Rejecting the verdict, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief alleged that the election outcome did not reflect the true will of the people, claiming large-scale manipulation and interference throughout the process. “We have not lost the elections,” she said. “Officially, through the Election Commission, they can defeat us, but morally we won the election. We fought against all machinery where PM and HM are also involved. We were fighting villains, not BJP.”
Banerjee further alleged widespread irregularities, including rigging and voter suppression, and described the polls as a “murder of democracy.” “One hundred seats were stolen,” she claimed, accusing authorities of undermining the electoral process. Raising concerns over voter rolls, she pointed to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. “They deleted 90 lakh names in the SIR voter list,” she alleged. “I have never seen this type of election in my life… These atrocities have crossed everything.”
She also accused central forces of intimidation and violence during polling and counting. “CRPF is gunda bahini. One hundred people who were winning, CRPF hit them,” Banerjee said, alleging coordinated attacks on TMC workers and agents across districts.
Detailing her own experience, Banerjee claimed she was assaulted while trying to access a counting centre in Bhabanipur. “I was leading by over 13,000 when BJP entered and started beating counting agents,” she said. “They first stopped my car… CRPF did not allow me to go.” “They kicked me in my belly, they kicked my backside. I was abused physically and manhandled,” she alleged, adding that she was pushed out of the counting premises.
The former Chief Minister said several opposition leaders reached out to her after the results, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Hemant Soren.
Despite the scale of the defeat, Banerjee maintained that the party remained united. “Party is solid and together. We fought like a tiger and we will keep fighting. We will bounce back,” she said. The TMC has constituted a 15-member fact-finding committee comprising MPs and senior leaders to investigate allegations of violence and irregularities. “We will let you know our strategy. We are taking some action,” she added.
Calling the day of counting “a black day in the history of Bengal,” Banerjee alleged that counting centres were “hijacked” and claimed that narratives were being controlled from Delhi. “The wrong message is going to the world,that you cannot fight democratically. Do you want one-party rule? No opposition?” she said.
The BJP secured a decisive mandate in the 294-member Assembly, winning 207 seats and reducing the TMC to 80, marking a sharp reversal from the 2021 elections. Mamata Banerjee also lost her Bhabanipur seat to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.
