‘Making myself a laughing stock’: BJP criticizes Mamata Banerjee for refusing to resign after West Bengal election defeat. india news
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has questioned Mamata Banerjee’s “will not resign” comment, saying she is free to approach the Supreme Court in case of any irregularity, as alleged by the outgoing West Bengal CM. After the saffron party’s victory in the Bengal elections, Banerjee accused the Election Commission of colluding with the BJP and refused to accept the decision.”She is only making herself a laughing stock,” he said, adding that she is free to approach the Supreme Court on the election results,” state BJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar said.Questioning the legality of such remarks, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said it was an attack on “democracy and the Constitution”.He said, “It is worrying because in India’s democracy, there is a beauty in the fact that since independence such a situation has never arisen where two parties are at loggerheads with each other like this. Very respectfully, with dignity, when a Chief Minister or a Prime Minister loses, the losing party resigns, and the transfer of power in India in the last 75 years has always happened in a peaceful manner.”“But today, what Mamata Banerjee has said and done, I must say with regret, has hurt this tradition of India. This is not an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party; this is an attack on democracy. This is an attack on the Constitution of India, the Constitution of Baba Saheb Ambedkar. However, Mamata Banerjee is saying that she is not defeated and will not resign. This reflects the spirit of authority and anarchy. This is a story of anarchy and authority.” Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated Mamata from Bhawanipur, also reacted to her statement, saying, “Everything is mentioned in the Constitution. I don’t need to say much.”Mamata Banerjee has refused to accept the verdict of Bengal elections, where TMC suffered a defeat at the hands of BJP, with the saffron party winning 207 seats. She said she would not resign because her party “did not lose the election”, but it was an attempt by the BJP and the Election Commission to “defeat us”.“I will not resign, I did not lose, I will not go to Raj Bhavan…the question does not arise. No. Now, I also want to say that we did not lose the elections. This is their attempt to defeat us. Officially, through the Election Commission, they may defeat us, but morally we won the elections.” Mamata Banerjee said while addressing a press conference in Kolkata.
