Voting has been completed in two phases in West Bengal and EVMs have been kept in the strong room. TMC leaders have accused him of trying to tamper with the EVMs kept in the strong room of Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. In protest against this, TMC leaders Shashi Panja and Kunal Ghosh are sitting on a dharna in front of the strong room outside Netaji Indoor Stadium. There is information that Mamata Banerjee may also join the protest.
He alleged that BJP and ECI officials were trying to open ballot boxes without the presence of the respective party representatives.
Kunal Ghosh said, “…you can see in the livestreaming and CCTV cameras of the Election Commission that some people are working inside. None of our representatives are inside…they are not letting us go inside. They are asking us to talk to other candidates. Why should we take the responsibility of other candidates?…” Shashi Panja said, “…we are concerned. There should be no manipulation. Why are we not being shown all this?”
The second phase of voting in Bengal took place last Wednesday. After voting, EVMs were kept in the strong room of Khudiram Anushilan Kendra. Kunal Ghosh said, till 3:30 pm there were party workers and supporters in front of the strong room. They were removed around noon.
ALARMING
This is the murder of democracy in broad daylight.
CCTV footage has exposed how @BJP4Indiain active collusion with the @ECISVEEPis opening ballot boxes without the presence of any relevant party stakeholders. This is gross electoral fraud being committed openly pic.twitter.com/aSe36kGKPI
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 30, 2026
Meanwhile, suddenly an e-mail was sent informing that the strong room would reopen at 4 pm. Then we contacted the party workers on phone. We asked, are you guys there? He said, he has gone away. Then we both came. Now they are not letting us go inside.
Currently the news is being updated.
