Overview
- Akhilesh Yadav met Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat home in Kolkata on Thursday and told her, “You have not lost.”
- He accused the BJP and the Election Commission of a “multi-layered” operation, citing transfers of police and officials, heavy central force deployment, booth-wise voter list pruning, and reports of voters being forced at gunpoint.
- Reported results show the BJP winning 207 of 294 seats as the TMC fell to 80, a tally Mamata says reflects the Election Commission’s count rather than a moral loss.
- Mamata has not submitted her resignation, and a BJP oath ceremony is scheduled for May 9 at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground with top national leaders expected.
- Abhishek Banerjee joined the meeting as Yadav urged joint opposition action and pressed the Election Commission to release counting-centre CCTV footage, while the state BJP said voters rejected TMC misrule.