A day after the Trinamool Congress faced a drubbing by the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday (May 5, 2026) said her party respects the mandate as the will of the people is supreme. She also said that the party will continue the fight for a “secular country”.

In a post on X, Ms. Moitra said, “The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted the BJP, then Bengal has got the BJP. We respect that.” The BJP on Monday (May 4) scripted history by winning 206 seats to secure more than a two-thirds majority in the West Bengal assembly polls, ending the TMC’s 15-year rule.