KOLKATA, May 5: Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday ruled out stepping down after her party’s defeat in the assembly polls, claiming that the verdict was not a genuine public mandate but the result of a conspiracy.
Banerjee also alleged that the TMC’s contest in the polls was not against the BJP, but against the Election Commission, which worked for the Bharatiya Janta Party.
“The question of my resignation does not arise, as we were defeated not by a public mandate but by a conspiracy. I did not lose, I will not go to Lok Bhavan. They can take action as per constitutional norms,” Mamta said.
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