Top news of the day: Mamata says no question of resigning as CM; Supreme Court slams lawyers’ body in Sabarimala case, and more

A time aft her enactment suffered a monolithic setback successful the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said connected Tuesday (May 5, 2026) that she volition not resign arsenic the Chief Minister since she “did not suffer the elections”. “The question does not arise. We did not suffer elections. It is their forceful effort to decision us. Officially, done the Election Commission, they whitethorn decision us. But morally, I americium telling you, we won the election,” she said erstwhile asked if she would conscionable the Governor to connection her resignation. Ms. Banerjee made the remarks portion addressing a property league astatine her residence.

The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (May 5, 2026) asked what the “business” of the NGO, Indian Young Lawyers Association, was to question the prohibition of women of menstruating property from entering the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple. At 1 point, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading the nine-judge Bench proceeding the Sabarimala reappraisal petitions, asked “were you the main clergyman of the country?”