{"id":36924,"date":"2026-05-05T11:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=36924"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:44:23","slug":"wont-resign-poll-results-not-peoples-mandate-but-conspiracy-mamata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wont-resign-poll-results-not-peoples-mandate-but-conspiracy-mamata\/","title":{"rendered":"Won\u2019t Resign, Poll Results Not People\u2019s Mandate But Conspiracy: Mamata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA, May 5: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ruled out stepping down after her party\u2019s defeat in the assembly polls, claiming that the verdict was not a genuine public mandate but the result of a conspiracy.<br \/>\nBanerjee also alleged that the TMC\u2019s contest in the polls was not against the BJP, but against the Election Commission, which worked \u201cfor the BJP\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThe question of my resignation does not arise, as we were defeated not by a public mandate but by a conspiracy\u2026 I did not lose, I will not go to Lok Bhavan. They can take action as per constitutional norms,\u201d she told a press conference here.Banerjee alleged large-scale irregularities in the counting process, claiming that mandate in nearly 100 seats was \u201clooted\u201d and that counting was deliberately slowed down to demoralise her party.<br \/>\n\u201cA black chapter in history has been created,\u201d she asserted. The TMC chief accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining people\u2019s democratic rights.<br \/>\nBanerjee also announced the formation of a 10-member fact-finding committee to visit areas \u201caffected by post-poll violence\u201d and assess the ground situation.<br \/>\nShe dismissed as baseless allegations of post-poll violence in 2021. Banerjee said several leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc had reached out to her to express solidarity following the poll outcome.<br \/>\n\u201cINDIA bloc leaders called me up to express solidarity. Sonia ji and Rahul Gandhi have spoken to me,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nBanerjee said that she would now focus on strengthening the opposition alliance at the national level.<br \/>\nThe BJP secured a decisive majority in the 294-member assembly by winning 207 seats, ending the TMC\u2019s 15-year rule in the state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36925\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36925\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Won\u2019t Resign, Poll Results Not People\u2019s Mandate But Conspiracy: Mamata\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-549x372.jpg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-414x280.jpg 414w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-233x158.jpg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-226x153.jpg 226w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-353x239.jpg 353w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-100x68.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1-360x244.jpg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MAMTA-1536x1040-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Won\u2019t Resign, Poll Results Not People\u2019s Mandate But Conspiracy: Mamata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA, May 5: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ruled out stepping down after her party\u2019s defeat in the assembly polls, claiming that the verdict was not a genuine public mandate but the result of a conspiracy. Banerjee also alleged that the TMC\u2019s contest in the polls was not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-header","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Won\u2019t Resign, Poll Results Not People\u2019s Mandate But Conspiracy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ruled out stepping down after her party\u2019s\" 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