The BJP managed to register a huge win over Mamata’s party, leading in 181 seats, while the TMC is trailing in 90 seats.
“Don’t leave the counting stations, the numbers are fake,” Mamata Banerjee said in her first reaction as the Trinamool Congress trailed the BJP in the Bengal Assembly elections.
In a video message issued on Monday afternoon, the TMC urged voters not to leave the counting centres, showing confidence that the trends will reverse giving a lead to the TMC against the BJP in later rounds of counting.
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The BJP managed to register a huge win over Mamata’s party, leading in 181 seats, while the TMC is trailing in 90 seats.
Here are the top five allegations made by Mamata in her video message:
- Mamata said the junta was still ahead by about 100 seats in the assembly, but the latest figures had not been revealed.
- The Election Commission and the BJP have not shown trends in seats where the TMC is leading, the TMC said.
- “The numbers being fed are fake,” Mamata said, though she said the tables would be delivered after 14 to 18 rounds of counting.
- “The Election Commission is working entirely at its will, and the central forces are also with it. The police are also working with the central forces,” Mamata Banerjee said.
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- Mamata also raised the issue of SIR, saying the BJP and the Center “looted votes in the name of SIR”. She also said that the Transitional Military Council was being subjected to “torture from all directions.”
The Bhabanipur contest saw an interesting turn of events. While Mamata was ahead in the first, she was behind in the second, and regained the advantage in the third. Suvendu, who is lagging behind in Bhabanipur, was ahead in Nandigram.
The BJP crossed the halfway mark on Monday, leading with 181 Assembly seats against the TMC’s 90 as the counting process progressed steadily, according to the latest data. With the BJP crossing the magic number in Bengal, the saffron party will achieve historic successes in the state it has never ruled.
Majid Alam is a senior content producer at the New Delhi-based Hindustan Times. He currently heads the online office shifts and manages the homepage apart from writing, editing and organizing articles. Majed has more than six years of experience in the field of journalism, and has navigated national, political and international news. His work focuses primarily on Indian heartland politics, government policy, and South Asia. He also writes about US and European policies towards India. Before joining Hindustan Times, Majid worked at ABP LIVE as Chief Copy Editor and at News18, where he ran the World and Explainers divisions. His articles have appeared in Dialogue Earth, The Quint, BMJ, The Diplomat and Outlook India. Majid has a keen interest in using data to tell stories. Majid holds a master’s degree in convergent journalism from Jamia Millia Islamia. He was awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship to study International Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris in 2020. He is also part of OCEANS, the Erasmus+ researcher exchange alumni network. He currently holds the position of National Representative (India) in OCEANS Network. Aside from journalism, Majed has a talent for academic writing and loves teaching. He has published a chapter from the book: “Bombay Cinema and Postmodernism” in the book: “A Handbook of Research on Social and Cultural Dynamics in Indian Cinema”. He was also part of the OCEANS network delegation to Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam in 2025. He also gave a guest lecture on digital journalism at AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia.Read more
