New Delhi, May 9 -- After the BJP won an astounding 207 of the 294 seats in the West Bengal Assembly election, securing the saffron party a decisive victory, while the TMC was reduced to 80, Mamata Banerjee refused to step down as the Chief Minister.

At a fiery press conference at her Kalighat residence, she adamantly declared, "No question of me resigning; we were defeated not by public mandate but by conspiracy," and accused the Election Commission and central security forces of bias and colluding with the BJP to "loot" the election.

"I have not lost, so I will not go to Raj Bhavan. I will not tender resignation," she told reporters. She alleged widespread voter manipulation and even claimed that her party workers were physically assa...