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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKOLKATA: Ahead of the May 4 counting of votes for the assembly elections, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee<\/a> Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to \u201cmanipulate the stock market,\u201d and told party colleagues in a virtual address that Trinamool \u201cis winning and winning by 200-plus seats.\u201dBanerjee urged counting agents not to leave their tables even for a minute without a replacement and advised them not to be anxious if postal ballot results initially go against the party.She and Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that \u201cBJP was using the Election Commission\u201d and that party workers and supporters were being selectively targeted. The CM said she would reward workers who had \u201cwithstood these attacks fearlessly and fought back\u201d.Trinamool Congress<\/a> also released a list of party seniors deputed to coordinate with ground workers on the counting day. Abhishek will oversee South 24 Parganas.Meanwhile, Bengal\u2019s leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari called on all political parties to maintain peace ahead of the counting, urging them to accept the people\u2019s mandate and avoid a repeat of the post-poll violence that followed the 2021 elections.\u201cLet there be peace in Bengal. The election is over and every political party should take part in the counting. Whatever rivalry existed during the polls should end now,\u201d Adhikari said on Friday evening as he emerged from an EVM strongroom after a visit.Invoking the 2021 violence, in which BJP<\/a> claims 300 of its workers were killed, he said: \u201cNo neta is hurt in violence \u2014 I have CRPF security, Mamata ji has police protection and a bulletproof car. It is the common man and ordinary worker who suffers. We should now cooperate with EC, central forces and state police.\u201dBJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar alleged that \u201coutsiders\u201d had been brought into the city and were staying at hotels ahead of counting.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n