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Democracy Under Siege: TMC Accuses BJP of EVM Tampering
Banerjee urged party workers to guard the strong rooms as the Election Commission said all EVMs remained sealed and secure.
- On Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the Sakhawat Memorial School counting centre in south Kolkata, inspecting EVM strongrooms amid TMC suspicions of electoral malpractice and tampering.
- Tensions escalated after TMC leaders Shashi Panja and Kunal Ghosh staged a sit-in at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, alleging officials opened ballot boxes without authorized party representatives present.
- The Election Commission dismissed the allegations, asserting all strongrooms remain 'safely secured and sealed' and that routine postal ballot sorting in the corridor was misconstrued by protesters.
- Rejecting exit polls as 'Bharatiya Janata Party -sponsored' and 'rigged,' Banerjee urged party cadres to maintain a 24-hour vigil at counting centres across the state.
- The party continues to accuse the BJP of 'desperate measures' like tampering, while Banerjee plans to visit Bhowanipore and other counting centres on May 4 to monitor the process.
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The Bengal election results may be just days away, but the atmosphere here is already heating up. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged irregularities in the strong room. The Trinamool Congress says the BJP and the Election Commission are colluding to tamper with democracy.
Late-night drama in Kolkata as TMC claims EVMs tampered, poll officials reject charge
Trinamool alleges CCTV footage shows ballot boxes being opened without the presence of authorised representatives of political parties, CEO says “nothing done out of the statutory procedure of ECI"
·India
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Mamata Banerjee Visits Bhabanipur Strongroom, Flags Counting Irregularities
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee early Friday warned against any attempt to tamper with the counting process, hours after she visited an EVM strong room in Bhabanipur, alleging possible malpractice.
·New Delhi, India
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Total News Sources18
Leaning Left2Leaning Right9Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution69% Right
Bias Distribution
- 69% of the sources lean Right
69% Right
L 16%
15%
R 69%
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