Kolkata: TMC Supremo Mamatha Banerjee warned BJP that I will live till I see your end, alleging that BJP want me to die with heart attack. Mamatha Banerjee in a live interaction in Facebook on Wednesday she apologized to the people on behalf of the traitors and asserted that neither she nor her family had ever compromised for political survival.

I apologise before the people on behalf of the traitors. I have not sold my bibek (conscience) for political survival. Had I compromised, we would not have faced so much torture, she said. Striking a defiant note, Mamata Banerjee said she was prepared to rebuild the party despite the continuing exodus.

She made these remarks came hours after senior TMC MLA Madan Mitra joined the rebel camp led by LoP Ritabrata Banerjee, alleging that he quit the camp of Mamatha Banerjee with high handedness of Abhishek Banerjee.  Mitra had earlier said he decided to leave after his demand that Abhishek Banerjee step aside for six months was rejected.

She rejected Mitra’s claim against Abhishek and linked his decision to side with the rebels to ED summons served on his wife and two sons a day earlier. The person who left today had yesterday informed us that he and his family had received a summons. We understood then that he might switch camps. Abhishek has nothing to do with his decision, she added.

Mamatha alleged that central agencies and the police were being used to weaken the TMC and engineer defections. The BJP is using police to break the TMC. They are using fear and threats to dismantle municipal boards, she said. She claimed that leaders facing investigations were opting for political convenience over conviction and entering the BJP’s washing machine.

She expressed her determination that no one can stop me. If I could start afresh after 2004, then I can start again after 2026, recalling how the TMC recovered from electoral setbacks before coming to power in West Bengal.

Referring to her political journey, Mamata said she had never shied away from public struggles, citing her hunger strike against land acquisition in Singur and visits to sites of major tragedies, including Kamduni and RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. She also expressed solidarity with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, saying she had spoken to him during his ongoing fast.