Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee appealed for peace on Monday after Bengal erupted in violence with reports pouring in about attacks on BJP followers and even Red Volunteers working for Covid relief.
“Bengal loves peace and culture. Elections are over now. Sometimes it becomes very heated. There is also no denying that BJP and the central forces committed atrocities. I will request all to stay peaceful,” Mamata said on Monday from her Kalighat residence.
As per final results of the Assembly elections held for 292 of 294 seats, Trinamul has won 213 seats, two more than 2016; while the BJP has bagged 77. The two remaining seats were won by an Indian Secular Front candidate and an Independent. In 2016, Trinamul won 211 seats and then engineered largescale defections from the Congress.