{"id":3788,"date":"2026-05-05T16:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3788"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:42:06","slug":"indian-cm-defies-calls-to-quit-after-bjp-election-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=3788","title":{"rendered":"Indian CM defies calls to quit after BJP election victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KOLKATA: <\/strong>An Indian chief minister who was swept from power by Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in state elections said on Tuesday that she had \u201cnot been defeated\u201d and would not resign, in an unprecedented political twist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BJP defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee\u2019s All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has been in power in West Bengal since 2011, securing more than two-thirds of the 294 seats when votes were counted on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BJP has never ruled West Bengal, a populous eastern state bordering Bangladesh, and its victory is being seen as a major political milestone, giving the party control over most states in eastern India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TMC\u2019s tally dropped sharply to 80 seats from its previous 215, with Banerjee herself losing her constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banerjee claimed that around 100 seats were \u201cforcibly taken\u201d from her party and alleged bias on the part of the Election Commission, though she did not provide evidence to support the accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will not resign, I did not lose&#8230; officially, through the Election Commission, they (the BJP) can defeat us, but morally, we won the election,\u201d she said during a news briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, &quot;I will not resign, I did not lose, I will not go to Raj Bhavan&#8230;The question doesn&#39;t arise. 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