The news report ' Mamata defiant, says won't quit; calls poll verdict a conspiracy ' (TGE, May 6) is something unprecedented in the history of Indian politics and elections and doesn't speak well of a chief minister holding a constitutional post. It must be recalled that people of West Bengal came out in record numbers this election to vote, and have given the BJP a landslide victory of 200 plus seats against a paltry 81 secured by the Trinamool Congress party (TMC). This undoubtedly is a vindication of anti-incumbency in the state and their desire for a change of 15 years of TMC rule. Mamata Banerjee should realise this and humbly accept this verdict of the people instead of challenging it and calling it a 'loot and conspiracy' by the Election Commission of India.
