Election Turmoil in West Bengal: Banerjee's Defiant Stand

TMC leader Sagarika Ghose accuses the Election Commission of rigging in the West Bengal polls after BJP's landslide win. Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign as chief minister underscores her indictment of the election process, claiming it wasn't a people's mandate but a conspiracy against her party.

Tensions escalate in West Bengal as TMC's Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose vehemently accused the Election Commission of rigging the state polls.

Following the BJP's landslide victory, securing 207 seats in the 294-member assembly, Mamata Banerjee refused to step down as chief minister, dismissing the outcome as 'engineered'.

Banerjee alleged widespread irregularities, claiming the mandate had been 'looted', and the counting process manipulated to demoralize her party. Meanwhile, the BJP criticized her defiance, labeling it as anarchic and contrary to democratic norms.