Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (May 5) reiterated the “vote chori” allegation against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after
the West Bengal poll loss. In her first press conference, after the election results, Banerjee called the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as a “BJP agent.” She accused the BJP of playing “dirty, nasty and mischievous games.” In a shocking remark, the TMC supremo said that she would not resign from the CM post, insisting that her party had not lost the polls. “Sad to say, CEC became the villain of this election to loot the democratic rights of the people and to loot the EVM. Can you tell me that after voting, the EVM has 80-90% charge? How is it possible? Two days before the election, they started arresting our people. They started raiding everywhere. They changed all IPS and IAS officers. They selected people from their party and BJP played the game directly with the Election Commission,” Banerjee said. “It is a betting between the BJP and the Election Commission. We fought against all machinery. PM and HM are also involved, direct interference. They deleted 90 lakh names in the SIR. When we went to court, 32 lakh names were included...They played dirty, nasty and mischievous games. I have never seen this type of election in my life,” she added.
