West Bengal Assembly Elections Results 2026 | SP leader Akhilesh Yadav meets Mamata Banerjee after TMC’s poll setback

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav met Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, as he expressed solidarity with its leadership.

Yadav was received by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at the Kalighat residence of the party's supreme leader.

The TMC supremo promised to strengthen the I.N.D.I.A. bloc alliance following the party's defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls which concluded on May 4.

The meeting was of a political significance as efforts by opposition parties to try rethink their strategies were underway after the elections results were announced in several states.

SP chief is understood to have spoken about the post-poll situation in West Bengal and reiterated support for opposition unity against the BJP.

The BJP won 207 seats to secure more than a two-thirds majority in the 294-member West Bengal assembly, ending the TMC's 15-year rule.

The Mamata Banerjee-led party got only 80 seats.

(with PTI inputs)