Accusing the authorities of electoral fraud and judicial inaction, Banerjee challenged the Election Commission to initiate proceedings against him, promising to argue his own case before the Supreme Court.
BY PC Bureau
November 6: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee has blamed the Supreme Court rather than the BJP for his party’s electoral defeat in West Bengal, accusing the authorities of disregarding the court’s directions on the counting process.
“We lost Bengal to the Supreme Court of India, not to the BJP,” Banerjee said, alleging that the government and election authorities had failed to implement the guidelines issued by the country’s highest court.
Banerjee said the TMC had expected the government to comply with the Supreme Court’s directives but alleged that not even the court’s own guidelines were followed.
Challenging the government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to initiate proceedings against him, he said he would defend himself personally before the Supreme Court.
“Let the government or the Election Commission of India take suo motu cognisance and initiate proceedings against me. I will represent myself. I will contest the matter before the Supreme Court and appear in person. Let the people of this country see for themselves. Make the proceedings available live,” he said.
We lost the Bengal elections to the Supreme Court of India, not to BJP.
BECAUSE WE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH!
– Shri @abhishekaitc
This country deserves a cleaner judiciary, free from the clutches of @narendramodi & @AmitShah. https://t.co/WLfRUX7ozV
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) November 5, 2026
Banerjee alleged that the counting process violated the randomisation protocol directed by the Supreme Court.
He said counting was scheduled for the 4th, while the court had issued its direction on randomisation on the 2nd. According to him, the protocol required the participation of both state and central government officials, but no state official was involved in the counting process.
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He also accused the judiciary of failing to take note of alleged irregularities involving electronic voting machines (EVMs).
“They won through electoral fraud, and within a month, all the EVMs were set on fire. The court failed to take notice of it,” he alleged.
In another serious allegation, Banerjee raised the case involving Sumit Roy, who has been arrested. He claimed that a person who contested against him in the May 27 election had posted Roy’s photograph on Facebook, accompanied by a demand that he be killed in a staged encounter.
Banerjee said the post was still available on the social media platform and challenged people to verify it.
He questioned the circumstances surrounding Roy’s arrest and the alleged threat to his life, asking, “Where is our judiciary? Where is our Constitution?”
Accusing the authorities of turning West Bengal into a “police state”, Banerjee alleged that some judges were operating under the threat of transfer orders.
He also invoked Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of India, questioning whether the country had moved away from the ideals of its freedom struggle.
“What kind of country are we living in? Is this the kind of country that Gandhiji had envisioned?” he asked, accusing the BJP of reducing the country “to tatters”.
Despite his criticism of the judiciary, Banerjee said he retained some faith in the institution. He reiterated, however, that the TMC had lost West Bengal because the Supreme Court’s directions were allegedly not implemented.
His remarks amount to a direct challenge to the Election Commission and the judiciary over the conduct of the electoral process. The allegations concerning the counting procedure, EVMs and the Facebook post could not be independently established from his statements alone.
