"Don't Want To Continue As Chief Minister," Says Mamata Banerjee: Highlights

Election Results 2019: Mamata Banerjee said, "I have told my party, for six months I have been unable to work. I was a powerless Chief Minister. I cannot accept that. I don't want to continue as Chief Minister."

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Mamata Banerjee said she does not want to continue as chief minister

Mamata Banerjee, speaking to the media for the first time since the results of the national election, has said that she "does not want to continue as the chief minister" of West Bengal. "The party (Trinamool Congress) has not accepted my decision," she said.

  1. "I don't want to continue as chief minister. I do not feel like working as chief minister": Mamata Banerjee
  2. "The chair is nothing for me": Mamata Banerjee
  3. "My party (Trinamool Congress) has not accepted my resignation": Mamata Banerjee
  4. "I have quit in seconds before. I don't care for that. The party symbol for me is more important": Mamata Banerjee
  5. "Is there any use of an election in the future": Mamata Banerjee
  6. "Families have been given money by the BJP": Mamata Banerjee
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  7. "Pakistan has been invited. So why make everyone Pakistani? Now you are inviting the Pakistan Prime Minister": Mamata Banerjee
  8. "I have told my party that I was unable to work for six months. I was a powerless chief minister": Mamata Banerjee
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  9. "Media is controlled by them, I don't want to talk about the judiciary. I cannot accept that": Mamata Banerjee
  10. "We went to Supreme Court, to the Election Commission on EVMs, but no one heard us": Mamata Banerjee
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  11. "Rajiv Gandhi also won 414 seats and no one raised questions. But I have doubts. We have lost by postal ballot. I believe there is some programming of machines. I am sure there was a setting. What can I do in a democracy?" Mamata Banerjee
  12. "I will continue only if everyone acts boldly together": Mamata Banerjee
  13. "CPM, BJP, Congress are all together": Mamata Banerjee
  14. "At Bhatpara, communal riots are going on and what is the Election Commission doing?" Mamata Banerjee
  15. "Congress is not saying anything. On their behalf, I will ask. How can they win all seats in Gujarat, Haryana and Delhi?" Mamata Banerjee
  16. "People are scared, but I am not": Mamata Banerjee
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