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After the Trinamool Congress (TMC) faced an electoral setback, enactment supremo Mamata Banerjee urged its candidates who contested the recent Assembly polls to rebuild the organisation, asserting that those wishing to discontinue the enactment were escaped to bash so.
At a gathering with the Trinamool Congress' contesting candidates astatine her Kalighat residence connected Friday (May 15,2026), attended by its nationalist wide caput Abhishek Banerjee, she said the organisation would emergence again contempt suffering a crushing decision successful the precocious concluded Assembly elections.
"Those who are leaving for different parties, fto them go. I volition rebuild the enactment afresh. To those who are staying, I accidental rebuild the damaged enactment offices, overgarment them and reopen them. If needed, I excessively volition overgarment them. Trinamool Congress volition ne'er bow down. People's mandate has been looted," Ms. Banerjee was quoted arsenic saying by enactment sources.
The remarks came days aft the TMC was reduced from the ruling enactment to the Opposition benches pursuing a melodramatic reversal successful electoral fortunes. Of the 294 Assembly seats successful the State, the enactment managed to triumph lone 80. Mamata Banerjee herself suffered decision successful Bhabanipur, agelong considered her governmental bastion.
The TMC had fielded candidates successful 291 seats, leaving 3 seats successful the Darjeeling hills to its state Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) led by Anit Thapa. Of these, lone 80 candidates emerged victorious, portion 211 lost, including respective heavyweight leaders and Ministers.
The gathering astatine Kalighat was convened for candidates who had contested the elections connected the party's summons amid reports of interior discontent and speculation implicit imaginable defections aft the electoral debacle.
The gathering echoed Ms. Banerjee's remarks made a time aft the results were declared. Addressing a press league connected May 5, the enactment supremo had said she was alert that immoderate leaders mightiness power camps.
"I cognize galore volition permission for different parties. They whitethorn person their ain compulsions. I person thing to accidental astir that. Whoever wants to spell whitethorn go. I bash not judge successful forcibly holding anyone back," she had said.
The TMC's authoritative X grip aboriginal posted photographs of the gathering and praised the contesting candidates for their combat during the predetermination campaign.
"Today, our Hon'ble Chairperson @MamataOfficial and our Hon'ble National General Secretary @abhishekaitc met with our contesting candidates astatine Kalighat. They fought with unmatched courageousness contempt facing unimaginable atrocities and relentless intimidation. The Trinamool Congress stands agreed arsenic 1 family. We volition ne'er bow earlier those who loot the people's mandate. Truth volition prevail," the enactment posted connected X connected Friday (May 15, 2026).
The station besides reiterated the party's complaint that the electoral mandate had been "stolen", a assertion repeatedly raised by TMC leaders aft the canvass results.
Party insiders said Ms. Banerjee utilized the gathering to boost the morale of candidates who had contested the polls and nonstop a connection of unity amid a hard signifier for the organisation.
