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‘Loot, Loot, Loot. We'll Bounce Back’: Mamata on shock West Bengal loss
NDTV
Published: 04 May 2026, 09:09 PM
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A poster featuring West Bengal chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress party chairperson Mamata Banerjee is kept behind guardrails, along a street leading to her residence in Kolkata on 4 May 2026 during vote counting for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections. Photo: AFP
A furious Mamata Banerjee attributed the shock West Bengal results to "loot, loot, loot", underscoring that her party, the Trinamool, will bounce back.
Mamata, who was aiming for a fourth term, targeted the Election Commission, calling it the "BJP Commission" after results showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the lead and her party a distant second.
The BJP scored a fabulous win in West Bengal, long considered 'Missing Impossible' for the ruling party at the Centre. It has won 114 seats and is leading in 92.
"More than 100 seats BJP looted. The Election Commission is the BJP's commission. I complained to the CO and also Manoj Agrawal, but they are not doing anything," Mamata, surrounded by security personnel, told reporters.
"Do you think this is a victory? It is an immoral victory, not a moral victory. Whatever the Election Commission has done, along with the Central Forces and the PM & Home Minister, is totally illegal. It is loot, loot, loot. We will bounce back," she added."
In Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking about the poll wins at the BJP headquarters, reminded how he spoke about winning West Bengal when the Bihar poll results came last year.
"Last year, on November 14th - when the election results for Bihar were declared - I stood right here, at the BJP Headquarters, and told you all that the River Ganga flows onward from Bihar all the way to Gangasagar. Today, with this victory in Bengal, the lotus has blossomed everywhere - from Gangotri to Gangasagar," Modi said.
The prime minister also touched upon the big Assam victory, where the party secured a third straight term.
"Along with the Ganga, the Brahmaputra, too, has bestowed its abundant blessings; the people of Assam have placed their trust in the BJP for the third consecutive time," Modi said.