New Delhi, May 6 -- Mamata Banerjee has refused to resign as Chief Minister, alleging that the West Bengal election results did not reflect the people's mandate. The results announced on 4 May, the TMC supremo said, were the outcome of a conspiracy.

Mamata Banerjee also alleged that her party was not contesting against the BJP, but against the Election Commission, which she claimed was working "for the BJP".

"The question of my resignation does not arise, as we were defeated not by a public mandate but by a conspiracy. I did not lose, I will not go to Lok Bhavan. They can take action as per constitutional norms," Mamata Banerjee said at a press conference in Kolkata on 5 May, a day after her party was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party ...