India
High drama in Bengal as Trinamool stages sit-in outside EVM centre in Bengal: 'Ballot papers being moved'
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A massive political row erupted in West Bengal as Trinamool Congress leaders staged a sit-in protest outside the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, the counting centre for several assembly constituencies, alleging irregular activities inside the facility. They claimed that outsiders were fiddling with ballot papers from the machines, but the Election Commission dismissed the claim, stating that poll officials were segregating postal ballots as per due process and the strongrooms remained secure.