{"id":15084,"date":"2026-05-31T20:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/attempt-to-spread-confusion-bengal-governor-takes-veiled-swipe-at-tmc-over-rigged-polls-claim-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:13:01","slug":"attempt-to-spread-confusion-bengal-governor-takes-veiled-swipe-at-tmc-over-rigged-polls-claim-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/attempt-to-spread-confusion-bengal-governor-takes-veiled-swipe-at-tmc-over-rigged-polls-claim-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Attempt to spread confusion&#8217;: Bengal governor takes veiled swipe at TMC over rigged polls claim | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131424862,imgsize-51146,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/131424862.jpg\" alt=\"'Attempt to spread confusion': Bengal governor takes veiled swipe at TMC over rigged polls claim\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor R N Ravi on Sunday took a swipe at <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/trinamool-congress\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Trinamool Congress<\/a> and said that questions are often raised about the credibility of democratic and constitutional institutions when outcomes do not go in someone&#8217;s favour.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Addressing a programme in north Bengal, Ravi said it was common to see institutions being questioned after adverse verdicts or electoral defeats.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;When a judgment does not go in someone&#8217;s favour, they say the court is compromised,&#8221; Ravi said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;It is fine when one wins an election, but if they lose, they claim votes were looted,&#8221; he added, without naming any individual or political party.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Ravi said such narratives risk undermining public faith in institutions and creating confusion among citizens.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>&#8220;This is an attempt to spread confusion and break the country&#8217;s confidence,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The governor further alleged that efforts to weaken public confidence were being aided by both external and internal forces.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>&#8220;Attempts are being made to destroy our self-confidence not only by outsiders but also by our own people,&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>His remarks come amid continuing political debate over the outcome of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, in which the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">BJP<\/a> secured a majority and formed its first government in the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Following the declaration of results by the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Election Commission<\/a>, TMC chief <!-- -->Mamata Banerjee<!-- --> questioned the verdict, alleging that the outcome was &#8220;not a people&#8217;s mandate but a conspiracy&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/attempt-to-spread-confusion-bengal-governor-takes-veiled-swipe-at-tmc-over-rigged-polls-claim\/articleshow\/131424709.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor R N Ravi on Sunday took a swipe at Trinamool Congress and said that questions are often raised about the credibility of democratic and constitutional institutions when outcomes do not go in someone&#8217;s favour.Addressing a programme in north Bengal, Ravi said it was common to see institutions being questioned after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}