Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: PM Modi must resign immediately, says Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee. File Pic

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately resign "accepting the moral defeat" because he campaigned in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 claiming that the BJP would win over 400 seats but in reality, it failed to get a majority on its own, reported the PTI.

Addressing a press conference, Mamata Banerjee said that she would try to ensure that PM Modi is out of power from the Centre, and the "INDIA bloc is in".

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"PM Modi has lost all credibility, he should immediately resign. India has won, PM Modi has lost. The PM broke many parties and now people have broken his morale. PM Modi is now falling at the feet of TDP and Nitish (Kumar) to form the government," she said, according to the PTI.

"Atrocities and misuse of central agencies stand defeated today. We will not spare the BJP, which used to intimidate us using central agencies and the two-thirds majority in Parliament. Neither will we forgive them, nor will the other parties of the INDIA bloc," she added, the news agency reported on Tuesday.

She said her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, the TMC's national general secretary, would join the INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday but lamented that her party has not been informed about it yet.

"I have texted Rahul (congratulating him), maybe they were busy. They haven't contacted us yet, but it doesn't matter if they do or they don't," she said.

Mamata 'magic' continues in West Bengal, BJP misses target

Defying all exit-poll predictions, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has surged ahead in 29 of West Bengal's 42 Lok Sabha seats, dealing a blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) target of securing 35 seats as they just managed to reach just double digits.

The BJP was leading in 12 seats according to the EC website.

Three years after putting a halt to the BJP's advances in Bengal, the TMC, led by Mamata Banerjee, again proved its mettle by thwarting the BJP's formidable campaign, spearheaded by PM Narendra Modi himself.

Despite facing a barrage of challenges including corruption allegations and internal conflicts, the TMC stood strong, even after opting to go solo post its withdrawal from the INDIA bloc in the state.

Political observers note that the BJP in West Bengal had set an ambitious goal of securing 35 Lok Sabha seats, banking on the implementation of the CAA as a potential game-changer and leveraging Hindu polarisation, which fell flat on their face.

Despite their fervent efforts, they failed to gain substantial ground, primarily due to internal divisions, organisational frailties, and the formidable impact of the Left-Congress alliance, analysts said, reported the PTI.

(with PTI inputs)