In a sharp critique, Harish Salve, former Solicitor General of India, condemned outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her refusal to resign following her party's defeat in the recent assembly elections. Salve highlighted the constitutional requirement for a Chief Minister to step down if they lose majority support, drawing parallels to the January 2021 U.S. Capitol attack to caution against political instability. Banerjee, leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), argued that she had not lost the election and claimed the results were the product of a conspiracy involving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission. The BJP secured a decisive victory, winning 207 seats in the 294-member assembly, surpassing the 148-seat majority threshold and ending Banerjee's 15-year rule. This election outcome signals a notable shift in West Bengal's political landscape, aligning it with the ruling party at the national level for the first time in decades.