TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday termed the BJP’s landslide victory in the state polls “immoral” and alleged that the mandate was “looted” in more than 100 seats.“We will bounce back,” she said, while walking out of the counting centre at her Bhabanipur constituency.Banerjee had reached the counting centre at Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls’ High School on Lord Sinha Road in the afternoon amid allegations by the Trinamool Congress that one of its counting agents had been forced out of the venue.As she came out of the centre, the TMC supremo was greeted with “Jai Shree Ram” slogans by the BJP supporters. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s win by a margin of 15,105 votes in the Bhabanipur constituency further added to the joy of party cadres, who were emboldened by the party’s landslide win in the state polls.Assam, Bengal clear cases of rigged pollsAssam and Bengal are clear cases of the election being stolen by the BJP with the support of the EC. We agree with Mamata. More than 100 seats were stolen in Bengal. We have seen this playbook before in MP, Haryana, Maharashtra, Lok Sabha 2024 etc. Chunav chori, sanstha chori — ab aur chara hi kya hai!Rahul Gandhi, Leader of OppositionA visibly distraught Banerjee told reporters that the BJP’s victory was “immoral”. “They have looted more than 100 seats,” she alleged.The TMC supremo alleged that the EC’s activities, allegedly carried out with the help of central forces in connivance with PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, were “illegal”.Alleging that she received flak “for speaking out against the EC’s malpractices”, Banerjee said, “I lodged a complaint with Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal, but to no avail.”“The CCTV was switched off while our agents were not allowed inside the counting centre,” she lamented.


