During the meeting, Akhilesh Yadav told her, "Didi, you have not lost," and alleged electoral fraud by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India in West Bengal. The meeting was also attended by Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee

Police in West Bengal have intensified surveillance and searches in border districts as investigators suspect professional shooters from neighbouring states may be involved in the murder of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath. Authorities are also probing possible local criminal support in the attack carried out in Madhyamgram