West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, 6 May, slammed the central government for allegedly inciting violence across the state after a long eight-phase Assembly-election battle, results of which were declared on 2 May. BJP, on the other hand, accused the TMC of attacking it’s workers and leaders.
The TMC won 213 seats in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came in second in the elections with 77 seats.
The CM alleged that BJP government at the Centre was yet to come to terms with its loss in the polls and was denying the results.