Mamata Banerjee dismisses exit polls, claims Trinamool will win 200+ seats in Bengal counting
CM urges counting agents to stay at tables, alleges BJP using Election Commission; Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari calls for peace ahead of May 4 results
L'essentiel
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dismissed exit poll results as attempts to manipulate the stock market, claiming Trinamool Congress will win over 200 seats in the May 4 assembly election count.
- In a virtual address to party colleagues, Banerjee urged counting agents not to leave their tables without replacement and advised against anxiety if postal ballot results initially go against the party.
- She and party leader Abhishek Banerjee alleged the BJP was using the Election Commission and that party workers were being selectively targeted.
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Pourquoi c'est important
West Bengal is undergoing assembly elections with voting already completed. The May 4 counting will determine the state's next government. The 2021 post-poll violence was severe, with BJP claiming 300 of its workers were killed. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress won the 2021 elections.
KOLKATA: Ahead of the May 4 counting of votes for the assembly elections, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to “manipulate the stock market,” and told party colleagues in a virtual address that Trinamool “is winning and winning by 200-plus seats.”
Banerjee urged counting agents not to leave their tables even for a minute without a replacement and advised them not to be anxious if postal ballot results initially go against the party. She and Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that “BJP was using the Election Commission” and that party workers and supporters were being selectively targeted. The CM said she would reward workers who had “withstood these attacks fearlessly and fought back”.
Trinamool Congress also released a list of party seniors deputed to coordinate with ground workers on the counting day. Abhishek will oversee South 24 Parganas. Meanwhile, Bengal’s leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari called on all political parties to maintain peace ahead of the counting, urging them to accept the people’s mandate and avoid a repeat of the post-poll violence that followed the 2021 elections.
“Let there be peace in Bengal. The election is over and every political party should take part in the counting. Whatever rivalry existed during the polls should end now,” Adhikari said on Friday evening as he emerged from an EVM strongroom after a visit.
Invoking the 2021 violence, in which BJP claims 300 of its workers were killed, he said: “No neta is hurt in violence — I have CRPF security, Mamata ji has police protection and a bulletproof car. It is the common man and ordinary worker who suffers. We should now cooperate with EC, central forces and state police.”
BJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar alleged that “outsiders” had been brought into the city and were staying at hotels ahead of counting.
À surveiller
Perspective IA — des possibilités, pas des certitudes
Trinamool Congress will claim victory on May 4 based on vote counting results
Très probable · En quelques jours
BJP will likely challenge results or allege irregularities
Probable · En quelques jours
Potential for post-election violence similar to 2021
Possible · En quelques semaines
Questions ouvertes
- Will the exit poll predictions prove accurate?
- Will post-counting violence occur?
- What evidence exists of BJP using the Election Commission?
- What is the truth about outsiders being brought into Kolkata?
