Chief minister alleges the election was an ‘atrocity’, not a fair contest

Last updated: May 06, 2026 | 19:37

Police personnel guard the road leading towards the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party chairperson Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on May 5, 2026 after her party lost the recently concluded state legislative assembly elections. AFP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday refused to resign despite her party’s crushing defeat in the Assembly elections, declaring that she would continue to fight even as the BJP moved ahead with plans to form its first government in the state.

Addressing a meeting of newly elected Trinamool Congress MLAs in Kolkata, Banerjee accused the BJP and central agencies of orchestrating what she described as an “atrocity” rather than a democratic election.

“I won’t resign.…