Mamata 'offers' to quit over Trinamool's poor show; also alleges EVMs were rigged

Kolkata- Two days after the elections results that left her Trinamool Congress with 22 seats in the state, 12 seats down from last Lok Sabha election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered to resign at a meeting with party colleagues. She also alleged that the EVMs were “programmed and rigged” to give huge lead to BJP .
“I wanted to resign from the post of chief minister. The chair is nothing for me . But the party rejected it. I don’t need the chair, but the chair needs me, “ said Banerjee after an hour long meeting with all candidates, district presidents and secretaries .

Alleging that EVMs were programmed to give the BJP a lead of more than a lakh, she said, “ I firmly believe that EVMs were rigged and programmed to give BJP huge lead. Foreign hands are also involved in this. Votes were bought spending crores of money. In north Bengal, we share border with Assam. The state’s finance minister was sitting here for two weeks. Why? BSF took voters and forced them to vote for them. Election Commission is the man of the match of the election ,” added the chief minister.

Upping the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi even further, a defiant Banerjee said, “Rajiv Gandhi got 400 seats. Could he run Parliament ? So , such arrogance is not good. Opposition leaders were called Pakistanis when they raised questions. Now why is the Pakistan PM invited ? Isn’t it anti-national?”

Claiming, her government has fulfilled all commitments made to people, she said:“Now I will concentrate on my party. One party that did not commit anything, won seats. I think, I have done more for people. Now I need to bring my house in order .”