Bengal polls: TMC alleges EVM tampering in Kolkata strongroom, EC rejects claim

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission was colluding with the Bharatiya Janata Party to commit electoral fraud by tampering with Electronic Voting Machines used in the West Bengal Assembly elections.

Security camera videos had “exposed” how the BJP, “in active collusion” with the poll panel, was opening ballot boxes without the presence of representatives of political parties, the TMC alleged on social media.

“This is gross electoral fraud being committed openly with the full knowledge and protection of the Election Commission,” it claimed.

Polling was held in the state in two phases on April 23 and April 29. The votes will be counted on May 4.

A video posted online by the TMC on Thursday purportedly showed persons, whose identity was unclear, sifting through papers.

The Mamata Banerjee-led party stated that the BJP had “failed miserably” despite having “tried every dirty trick, name deletion, voter intimidation, Central Force terror, cash flooding”.

“Now, in sheer desperation, they have stooped to tampering with EVMs,” the TMC alleged. “But Bengal is not Maharashtra, Delhi or Bihar. We will not sit silently and watch them loot our democracy.”

The BJP had won the Assembly elections in Maharashtra in 2024, and in Delhi and Bihar in 2025. The Opposition has claimed irregularities in the electoral process in the...

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