Kolkata:
Leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress today began a sit-in protest outside an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) strongroom in Kolkata, alleging ballot boxes were being opened without the presence of authorised party representatives.
The protest took place outside a strongroom at Netaji Indoor Stadium in central Kolkata, where EVMs for several Assembly constituencies in north Kolkata are kept.
At the centre of the protest was Bengal minister Shashi Panja and Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, both of whom are candidates in the Assembly elections. Voting for their constituencies took place on Wednesday.
The Trinamool, in an official statement issued as the protest began, said Panja and Ghosh had “already begun a dharna outside Netaji Indoor Stadium” and announced that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would “personally visit the spot and take stock of the situation”. It blamed the BJP and Election Commission officials.
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