West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee shared a video on her social media handle, accusing the BJP of carrying out a “plan”. TMC’s Bhawanipore candidate was trailing behind her rival, Suvendu Adhikari, in the early trends. The latest round of trends shows the saffron party coming to power in Bengal for the first time since Independence.
Mamata Banerjee, in a video, said that she predicted that the BJP would first show their numbers as part of their conspiracy, but she and her party would "fight like the cubs of a tiger." The BJP is winning nearly 200 seats, followed by the TMC, with 99 seats. West Bengal Assembly has 294 seats.
Mamata Banerjee is accused of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, which had eliminated over 89 lakh votes or roughly 11.6% of the state's electorate. The figure is slightly more than the winning margin of the Trinamool in 2021.
"I request all counting agents and candidates not to leave the counting area. This is BJP's plan. Since yesterday, I have been saying that they will show their results first and ours later in the first two or three rounds," Banerjee alleged.
"Counting has been stopped after two or three rounds in about 100 locations. Seven machines were found in Kalyani where there was no match. It's a total forceful use of central forces to oppress the Trinamool Congress everywhere, breaking offices, and forcibly occupying them," she said.
"You have seen how they looted votes in the name of SIR to win the seats they could. But there are still 70-100 seats where we are leading, which they are not reporting. They are feeding entirely false news. The Election Commission is playing according to its will, along with the central forces. Our police are working under the central forces with complete submission," the chief minister alleged.
"I will tell all our counting agents and all our party workers not to be so upset. I said you would win after sunset. Even if three or four rounds have been counted, there are 14-18 rounds in total. You will win then. Wait and watch. We are with you. Don't be afraid. We will fight like the cubs of a tiger," she said.