‘Dirty, nasty & mischievous game’: Mamata blames BJP, Election Commission, IPI for Bengal’s setback; Pledge to Action

New Delhi: TMC Supreme leader Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of colluding bjp The saffron party received a wide mandate in the West Bengal Assembly elections. She said she would set up a 10-member fact-finding committee to travel to areas of the state affected by post-poll violence.The BJP won 207 seats, ending the TMC’s 15-year rule and decisively changing the political and ideological landscape of the state.“We are against the whole mechanism, in which the prime minister and the interior minister were also involved, there was direct intervention. They removed 9 million names from the electoral roll. As we approached the court, 3.2 million names had been recovered. But did you know that another 700,000 names that were submitted together were later included and no one knew about it? It shows how this dirty, dirty and mischievous game is played,” she said.She accused central forces of “acting like thugs” and accused them of physically attacking her during the counting of votes on May 4.“After the first round of counting, they started saying that the PPP had 195-200 votes. You did not wait for the final results. You did not even wait for the 5-6 rounds. After the campaign with the news media, the PPP entered the polling stations and they started beating the people and the counters. When I learned that all the counters had withdrawn, I was ahead by about 30,000 with about 5 rounds left. We should have gotten more than 32,000,” she added.“Then the BJP candidate walked inside along with 200 CRPF personnel and 200 goons outside and then they beat up our people. Even women were not spared, snatching away all forms. When I found out, I went there. They stopped my car but I took another route. When I entered, the CRPF told me I was not allowed to go. I said I was a candidate…and I complained to the Returning Officer that the counting should be stopped immediately until normalcy returned. I saw DEO. I know he sent a message to someone 15 days ago “counting my khel hoga”…I went in and stayed for a few minutes. They kicked me in the stomach, back and beat me roughly. The CCTV was switched off at that time,” she said.She further said that she will now work to strengthen the Indian bloc, adding that opposition leaders like “Sonia ji, Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Hemant Soren called me. All the allies of the Indian Union told me that they fully and absolutely support me. I think our unity will be even more united and stronger in the days to come,” she said.“My goal is clear. I will strengthen the Indian team like a small man. I don’t have a chair now, so I am a civilian. So, you can’t tell me that I am using your chair. I am a free bird now. I have served the people all my life and even in these 15 years, I have not withdrawn a single paise of pension. I have not taken a single paise of salary.” But now, I am a free bird. So, I have to do some work and I will try to do it,” she added.The BJP won 207 seats in the 294-member West Bengal assembly, further strengthening its historic mission after winning the Rajarhat-New Town constituency in a recount on Tuesday. The revised vote count brought the final dramatic twist to an already landmark election.The Bharatiya Janata Party scored a landslide victory on Monday, surpassing a two-thirds majority, ending the Trinamool Congress party’s 15-year rule and paving the way for the party to form its first government in the state.The verdict also carries strong symbolic weight, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ceding the high-profile seat of Babanipur to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.The BJP’s current vote count is firmly above 148, further consolidating its dominance in parliament and underlining the scale of its electoral victory.