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In a defiant stand following the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) significant setback in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has categorically rejected calls for her resignation. Addressing a packed press conference at her Kalighat residence on Tuesday, a resilient Banerjee declared that she would not step down, claiming a “moral victory” despite the electoral numbers favoring the BJP.
Mamata Banerjee has stunned the political world by refusing to resign after the 2026 Bengal elections. Despite the BJP winning a two-thirds majority and Banerjee losing her own seat, she has alleged massive EVM tampering and a conspiracy by the Election Commission, vowing to fight on from a national stage.
The political map of India was redrawn on May 4, 2026, as Assembly election results across five regions delivered a series of historic upsets. In West Bengal, the BJP scripted a monumental victory, securing 207 seats to unseat Mamata Banerjee, who lost her own seat in Bhabanipur. Tamil Nadu witnessed a “cinema-to-citizens” earthquake as actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats, defeating incumbent CM M.K. Stalin in his stronghold of Kolathur. Meanwhile, Kerala stayed true to its “pendulum” tradition as the Congress-led UDF swept to power with 102 seats, ending a decade of Left rule. In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma secured a record third term for the NDA with a three-fourths majority, winning 102 of 126 seats.
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Bangladesh heads into its most pivotal election in decades on February 12, 2026, with youth voters, new political forces, and everyday economic anxieties shaping the contest. Nearly half the electorate is under 37, demanding accountability and jobs, while the absence of the Awami League has opened space for rivals and protest-born parties to compete in a truly competitive race.
Leading in eight of 12 Zilla Parishad and 51 of 125 panchayat samiti polls, BJP continues to be the largest party in Maharashtra, showing clearly that the party is not just an urban phenomenon, but also as strong in rural Maharashtra. BJP has made inroads into western Maharashtra in regions like Satara and Solapur, and performed reasonably well in Kolhapur at the cost of weakened NCP and Congress.
New Delhi has taken a significant step toward healing the wounds of Manipur’s ethnic strife…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday (February 8, 2026) questioned Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s “suspicious” 10-day visit to Pakistan in December 2013 and his British wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi’s professional stint with a climate organisation in the neighbouring country.
Strong, powerful, and wise,” are the words President Trump used when endorsing Japan’s Prime Minister…
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