Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (June 2) claimed that the BJP "rigged" vote counting across 177 of West Bengal's 294 Assembly constituencies and won in the recently held state elections.

Banerjee pledged her unwavering support to TMC workers amid a wave of arrests targeting party leaders on corruption and extortion charges, along with reported attacks on ground-level workers following the party's electoral defeat.

Assures INDIA bloc convergence

At a day-long sit-in protest in central Kolkata against post-poll violence on TMC members, Banerjee announced that Opposition parties would soon roll out a unified national action plan against the BJP. She confirmed that the INDIA bloc leaders would be convening in Delhi within the coming days to finalise a coordinated country-wide strategy ahead of the alliance's scheduled meeting next week.

Banerjee reached the dharna site at Esplanade Y-channel after the TMC's appeal to hold the protest at the adjacent Rani Rashmoni Road was turned down by the Kolkata Police.

In a post on X, Banerjee called the sit-in protest a "programme against post-poll violence, eviction of hawkers without rehabilitation, irregularities/ fraud in the NEET examination, and the vindictive actions of the BJP government."