A scuffle broke out outside the counting center at Bhabanipur in Kolkata on Thursday evening after a scuffle A Trinamool Congress (TMC) vehicle was seen near the building and BJP workers gathered around it demanding its opening.
The incident occurred outside Sakhawat Memorial School, which is used as a counting and sorting centre Location of the EVM strong room. BJP supporters gathered at the site and demanded that the vehicle be opened for inspection, alleging possible irregularities ahead of the counting of votes on May 4.
In a video published by the news agency that IBJP workers were seen surrounding the vehicle and trying to prevent it from moving.
He added, “They (TMC) will place duplicate machines and manipulate them… What is the TMC vehicle doing outside the counting center?” A BJP worker told ANI. “Gadi Kholo (Open the car),” supporters shouted repeatedly as they surrounded the car.
Another worker claimed that the truck may have been carrying suspicious materials and claimed it was linked to alleged attempts to influence the counting process.
“There’s something in the car. Mamata Banerjee brought something in her car. He added that the vehicle would not be allowed to move.
This comes a day after the end of the final stage West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026. Both the BJP and the TMC have alleged irregularities in EVM strong rooms and counting centers across West Bengal.
Earlier, Trinamul leaders staged a sit-in protest outside the sorting facilities, alleging suspicious activity and questioning the handling of the powerful EVM rooms. Party leaders also claimed that CCTV footage showed unauthorized movement within restricted areas, claiming that “ballot papers were moved”.
prime minister Mamata Banerjee spent nearly four hours at the site on Thursday evening amid allegations of tampering with the EVM system. She claimed that she received complaints and rushed to the site.
She added: “If there is any plan to tamper with the counting process, it will not be tolerated.”
The BJP accused her of trying to exert pressure at a sensitive counting site. Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party Suvendu Adhikari, who is contesting against Banerjee, said his polling agent was keeping a close eye on her inside the building.
the The Election Commission said that all EVM rooms were closed to candidates after polling and remained under a multi-layered security cover. The EC said any movement seen in the footage was part of the permitted separation of postal ballots in a separate room within the same building.
