Kalyan Banerjee Defends Mamata Banerjee Amid Resignation Demands After Bengal Poll Defeat

Brief By News18 / 8:25 PM on 06 May 2026

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee dismissed demands for Mamata Banerjee’s resignation following the party’s Assembly election defeat in West Bengal. He argued that the Model Code of Conduct had limited administrative functioning for the past three months, leaving no question of resignation. Banerjee also alleged irregularities during vote counting, intensifying the political controversy surrounding the election outcome and aftermath statewide.