India, May 7 -- The Bengal political drama following the election results on May 4 continues to escalate, with the air thick with allegations and counter-allegations flying between the Mamata-led Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party that marked its first historic win in Bengal.

As Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign as Bengal chief minister, alleging election rigging by the BJP, the opposition leaders such as Congress's Rahul Gandhi Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav and Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Sanjay Raut have thrown their weight behind her. Track updates on West Bengal news

In a show of solidarity, SP's Yadav reportedly held a closed-door meeting with Mamata at her residence in Kolkata on Thursday. The meeting began at 3:15 pm, ANI...