Abhishek questions credibility of Bengal's electoral process, accuses ECI of being 'partisan'

Questioning the credibility of the electoral process successful the West Bengal Assembly polls, elder TMC person Abhishek Banerjee connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) accused the Election Commission of acting successful a "partisan" mode and alleged large-scale irregularities during the elections won by the BJP.

In his archetypal societal media station aft the declaration of results, Mr. Banerjee said the TMC would proceed to beryllium a "strong, vocal and uncompromising Opposition" some successful West Bengal and astatine the Centre.

"Throughout this full process, we witnessed what we judge was profoundly partisan behaviour by respective authorities agencies arsenic good arsenic the Election Commission of India," Mr. Banerjee said successful a station connected X.

"Democratic institutions that are meant to relation impartially appeared compromised, raising superior concerns astir the fairness, credibility and transparency of the electoral process successful West Bengal," the Diamond Harbour MP wrote.

Stating that the TMC fought an highly hard predetermination wherever "nearly 30 lakh genuine voters were allegedly disenfranchised from the electoral rolls," helium said, "I volition basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis with each Trinamool idiosyncratic and protagonist successful this combat to guarantee that information prevails and that some governments present enactment genuinely successful the interests of the radical of West Bengal." Mr. Banerjee besides alleged a mismatch of power units and irregularities successful the handling and question of EVMs utilized successful the polls.

"Several disturbing incidents person near millions of radical questioning whether the existent mandate of the radical has been respected," helium said. The TMC nationalist wide caput demanded the merchandise of CCTV footage from counting centres and a transparent number of VVPAT slips.

Stating that ideology tin lone past erstwhile electoral institutions animate spot and assurance among citizens, helium said, "Unfortunately, what we person witnessed has profoundly shaken that trust."

"Reports of post-poll violence, attacks connected enactment offices, intimidation of our enactment workers and threats against supporters are profoundly alarming and unacceptable successful a antiauthoritarian society. Many dedicated Trinamool workers and supporters who fought tirelessly connected the crushed person allegedly faced targeted attacks and person been forced to fly their homes retired of fearfulness and insecurity," helium wrote.

"No governmental idiosyncratic successful a ideology should ever person to take betwixt their information and their governmental beliefs," Mr. Banerjee stated.

The BJP had likewise alleged attacks connected its workers aft the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, pursuing which the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI probe into the violence.

Mr. Banerjee said the TMC would proceed its combat for “democracy, law values and the rights and dignity of the people” nether the enactment of Mamata Banerjee.

Urging enactment workers to stay united, helium said anyone facing intimidation oregon unit should interaction him directly. "I volition bash everything wrong my capableness to guarantee their information and information and prosecute each disposable ineligible and antiauthoritarian remedy," the TMC MP said.