Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party, has urged all opposition parties in West Bengal to unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following the latter's significant victory in the recent assembly elections. Addressing a gathering on Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary, Banerjee called for collaboration among various political factions, including the Leftists and student unions opposed to the BJP. She emphasized that the primary enemy is the BJP, not each other, and expressed her readiness to engage in dialogue with any party willing to collaborate. Banerjee also claimed that since the election results were announced, there have been numerous incidents of violence and intimidation against TMC workers and supporters, attributing this to the BJP's rise to power, which saw them winning 207 seats in the 294-member assembly, while the TMC secured 80 seats. She condemned the ongoing hooliganism and asserted her record of preventing violence during her tenure since 2011.