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A political controversy has emerged in West Bengal as Trinamool Congress leaders staged protests outside a Kolkata strong room, alleging tampering with electronic voting machines and ballot boxes.
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00:06DMC Neta's protest outside Kolkata, strong room, big story coming in, dramatic development
00:13taking place in Bengal. Even as we speak, DMC candidate from Beleghat Akunal Ghosh along
00:19with party leader and West Bengal Minister Shashi Panja, they've staged a protest in
00:25Kolkata. They've alleged that ballot boxes are being accessed inside the strong room.
00:31The two images that you see on your television screen describe the high drama on the streets
00:38of Kolkata where the Tridamul Congress has taken to the streets. The Tridamul Congress
00:44is protesting that this is where the strong room is the allegation. The election commission
00:52has denied it. The Tridamul Congress says there's tampering that's happening, tampering
00:57with the EVM and the ballot boxes. That's the allegation that is being leveled. The protest
01:03is being held outside Netaji Indoor Stadium and this is a huge political flashpoint between
01:10the BJP and the TMC. The election commission caught in the crossfire. The BJP has dismissed
01:18these allegations. BJP candidate from Maniktala, Tapas Roy. He's claimed that the party has
01:25deployed its representatives outside every strong room. They've accused the Tridamul Congress
01:30of spreading malicious rumours ahead of, according to the BJP, TMC's expected defeat, citing that
01:40there's multi-tiered security arrangements that are in place and there is no way, absolutely
01:46no way can there be any tampering with either the EVMs or the ballot boxes. Now there's another
01:53flashpoint. So I've told you about one flashpoint. As we speak, there's a second flashpoint that's in
01:59South Kolkata and this is where Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji, she arrived to inspect the two strong
02:05rooms in her assembly constituency, where EVMs from her constituency, Bhawanipur, are kept in these
02:13strong rooms. Leader of Opposition in Bengal, Shruvindu Adhikari, apparently he's also expected to arrive
02:20anytime now. And this shows before the counting on the fourth. Such is the tension, such is the level of,
02:29of, of cures in these two political parties that they simply don't want to leave anything to chance. We'll get
02:38you what they're saying on ground. Election Commission has issued a statement. Election Commission has rejected
02:44every allegation of any wrongdoing. The Election Commission has said all parties were informed about the ballot
02:52segregation procedure and that all security protocols are in place and they're being strictly
02:58adhered to. This comes at a time when Mamata Banerji insisted that the exit poll numbers are rigged.
03:06She urged her party workers and candidates to remain vigilant throughout the night to guard the EVMs.
03:12We'll get you all sides of this big story, but let's listen in to voices that are coming.
03:18Before I come, before I get you those reactions, Anirban, Sinha, Roy now joins me, FOMO on this.
03:26Anirban, what's the situation right now? I believe it's pouring, but the political temperatures are,
03:31are really soaring in Bengal.
03:38Well, see, the allegations and counter-allegations has happened, but right now I will, I will show you
03:43the ground situation as we are just standing over here in front of the DCRC office, the counting center,
03:50as well as the strong room of the Bhavani Pur, the high voltage Bhavani Pur, where Shubhendu Adikari
03:55and Mamata Banerji is contesting. And right now what we can see, Mamata Banerji is inside this counting center.
04:03She is assessing the situation right now. She is inside this counting center. And few minutes back,
04:11what we have seen that outside this counting center, there is a tension flared up between the two parties,
04:18the Trinamool Congress, as well as the Bharatiya Janta party. And Shubhendu Adikari's agents also came here,
04:26visited this place. And he claimed that by, by default, the TMC leaders were being allowed inside,
04:34and why they will go inside. That's why the tension flared up. And right now what we can see,
04:39there is a huge deployment of police, the huge, huge deployment of police, as well as the Central
04:45Forces, Jawan. As what we have, we heard in from inside sources, that Mamata Banerji is assessing
04:51the situation out of the allegations. And after that, she will came out and come out and she will
04:58go to the Netaji indoor stadium to assess the situation there. But whether she will be allowed
05:03inside or not. For a moment, there's more breaking news coming in. As we tell you about this kiosk,
05:08where the BJP is now questioning, how is Mamata Banerji being permitted to go in and assess the
05:13situation at a strong room? The Election Commission has issued a statement. And just in a short while
05:19from now, we are told that the CEO of Bengal, of the Election Commission, will hold a briefing. The EC
05:29briefing
05:29is to counter the TNC charges. The election officer in Bengal is to hold a detailed press conference
05:38where he will give out details. Apparently, the Election Commission is stating that they had informed
05:44every party and actually invited them to see what was happening. And I quickly want to cut across
05:49to India Today's Aishwarya Paliwal, who joins us with more on this. Aishwarya, the Election Commission
05:54is denying every allegation of any wrongdoing. How are they explaining these images of people
06:00being seen inside what the TMC describes is the strong room? What is this room?
06:11The movement of these EVMs. See, when you and I, we all go to vote, we go inside the room,
06:18we cast our vote. When the voting is done, at that time, these EVMs are then moved into the strong
06:23room. But when that movement is happening, in fact, let me tell you the signatures of everyone
06:28who's present there, everyone from the political parties, all those signatures are taken. And then
06:33we see the movement of these EVMs happening. These EVMs are then moved into these strong
06:37rooms. Now, the entire corridor and the CCTV, in fact, let me tell you, is not just in the
06:42corridor. At the very gate also, there is a CCTV footage which one can very clearly see. This
06:47also is being monitored 24-7. Then we see a seal which is being done. This strong room is then
06:53being locked. There is a huge lock on it. There is also a seal that is being done. And once
06:58the
06:58sealing is done, at that point also, everyone present there, everyone from all the political
07:04parties, their signatures are taken. And it is in front of these people only that the strong room
07:09once again is opened. The Election Commission has now said, and they have given documents to India
07:14today very, very clearly, that there was an official order. There was an official email which
07:19was being sent to all the political parties in which they had even mentioned the time. The time was
07:234pm today. After 4pm, the segregation of the ballot, that is something that was supposed to
07:28happen. The Election Commission has said that they made sure each and every political party knew about
07:33the time when this was supposed to happen. So, there is no sort of tampering. Those are the
07:37allegations that are now being made by the TMC. And this is also something which, let me tell you,
07:41the Election Commission is also investigating at this point of time.
07:45So, stay with me, Aishwarya. And let me quickly bring in Anirban once again into this conversation.
07:49Anirban, the Election Commission has given out details of the email that was sent out to every
07:55political party that at 4 o'clock, there will be segregation that will take place. The strong room
08:02is sealed. The CCTV images, when they show some people inside, they're segregating. And that is
08:09something that happens in front of the representatives of political parties. What is the Trinamul Congress
08:15protest all about? Has the TMC been able to explain whether they got that email, whether
08:21they knew about this, or do they still suspect something amiss?
08:29Well, see that right now, after the CEO or the Election Commission statement, there is no
08:35statement coming in from Trinamul Congress. But what we have seen, that they have stated the
08:40allegation of the EVM and ballot tamperings, as well as the postal ballot tampering and
08:46segregating. And that's why they have already published a video and Mamata Banerjee is here
08:51inside the Shakhawat Memorial. But we have to see what will happen after, because we all know that
09:00already the CEO will do a press conference in the CEO office of Kolkata in few minutes, as well as
09:07ECI
09:07has already stated. So whether Mamata Banerjee will still sit in protest inside
09:13this strong room or not, whether she will go to the Netaji indoor stadium or not, we have to see.
09:19And the statement from the Trinamul Congress, the official statement is yet to come from their party side.
09:26Okay. Anirban, the Bharatiya Janata Party says this shows the nervousness of the Trinamul Congress.
09:32This shows that the TMC, according to the BJP, realizes it is not winning, so it is making excuses.
09:41Has the Trinamul Congress responded to this? You were speaking to Shashi Panja.
09:46I believe other TMC leaders are also reacting. Tell us what they are telling you.
09:55Well, they have not said yet anything on this. And also what we have seen that the Kolkata mayor and
10:02the Trinamul Congress minister, Firad Hakim has also came here. We asked them also, but they have yet to
10:09react because they said that Mamata Banerjee will give the final statement. And what are the counter
10:14allegations from BJP is coming that the BJP is claiming that Mamata Banerjee has understood,
10:20TMC has understood that they are going to lose these elections. And that's why they are creating
10:25this kind of ruckus and drama outside the strong room and everywhere. That's why. And also, Gaurav,
10:31we all know that exit poll has also come out and there is a huge, massive differences of seat.
10:38And also, BJP is claiming that after the exit poll has come out and the Trinamul Congress has
10:44understood that they will going to lose. That's why they are creating drama. This is the allegation from BJP.
10:51Okay, give me a moment. Both Kunal Ghosh and Shashi Panja, when they sat on a dharna,
10:58they alleged tampering. The images that you see on your television screen, and I want you to look at
11:04that image very carefully. Multiple CCTV camera footage that comes out, the TMC alleges in one CCTV
11:12camera, the TMC claims this is the strong room. When we've circled that image, you see inside there
11:20is some movement happening in some kind of, whether it's the ballot paper or some kind of boxes,
11:27transparent boxes, there's some movement that's happening in that. TMC alleges this is tampering.
11:32The election commission says, no, this is not. At four o'clock, they had issued a press release and
11:38they'd asked representatives of every party to come and see how segregation is happening in a very
11:43transparent manner. I'll tell you more about this in greater detail, but just listen in to Shashi Panja
11:49and Kunal Ghosh first.
11:51Very, very grave allegation. Kunal, this is a very serious allegation. What do you suspect is happening
11:56inside in this footage? No, you see, this is a strong room, sealed strong room. How can some people
12:02took entry? Our people were there till four. They didn't inform them that this kind of operation is
12:11going to be started. They used an email, but when we got the mail, we know that our agents are
12:21there
12:21and who were here, they didn't inform. They did not inform your agents outside. No, they were here.
12:28They used another gate or another point to enter some people into the strong room. But without any
12:37witness, how can EC open the sealed strong room? Yes, 100% suspicious activity.
12:47No, whether it is already tampered or not, that is yet to be proved. But something happened
12:56which should not happen because without informing us, anybody can't open the sealed strong room.
13:05You are allowed up till here. So when you magnify this, suddenly we see in this camera number 70,
13:13there is suspicious activity. And that's this one. This is camera number 70. This is 30th of April.
13:19Who are these people inside? Exactly. Who are these people? Exactly so. Who are these people?
13:24So those who are seeing from outside, that is the question, a valid question. Both of us are candidates.
13:31Immediately we arrived and then all questions, query, pink ballots, which box, what is being done?
13:37What do you suggest is happening inside? No, no. What, what? It's not,
13:40if suppose we had not noticed or this did not come up on the camera 17, how do we know
13:46that there is
13:46some no tampering happening? Nothing, what is this unusual thing? This is something which should have
13:52been made transparent to all political parties. Why is that the political parties are not informed?
13:58Then the election commission is saying, we have sealed the strong rooms early morning. So 3.20pm,
14:04apparently they have sent a mail to the political parties. If suppose you have sent a mail and you
14:10find none of the political parties. So the Trinambul Congress says, perhaps somebody entered from another
14:18room. They received the email. They knew about this, but you heard Kunal Ghosh. Shashi Panja saying,
14:24that we were not informed and they're sitting next to each other. But what's the BJP saying? And the
14:29Bharatya Janta Party is giving altogether a different take or has a different take on this. Listen in.
14:36I think this could be.
14:38I hope that you will be able to do this.
14:39Now I have visited High Court now. I have gathered the political parties. What will
14:41happen? A little bit.
14:55I can tell that we are not informed.
14:56I know we are not informed.
15:00In every country,
15:01it will be transformed into the city.
15:03It will be transformed into the city of its own country.
15:03The whole country FABER should have been informed.
15:09they have been accepted, tested and now been rejected.
15:15Now what we are saying is that when we are getting rid of it,
15:19why is it happening?
15:21It means that they have done it wrong.
15:23It means that they have done it wrong.
15:25It means that they have done it wrong.
15:26It means that they have done it wrong.
15:28It means that they have done it wrong.
15:30It means that they have done it wrong to insist on it.
15:37It means that they can not do it wrong.
15:41The people don't want to do any reaction when it comes to this.
15:45One more question.
15:47Manit Tala, Vidhan, has been told that
15:50the police of Vinit Goyal had been killed in the past year,
15:54and the police of Vinit Goyal had been killed.
15:56What do you say about Vinit Goyal's role?
16:03I've seen the whole country,
16:05I've seen the whole country.
16:06The three or four police officers are great.
16:09They are crazy.
16:09What happened in this November?
16:12What happened at this newspaper?
16:14What happened in all of the public ?
16:17Everything happened in the public domain.
16:20Everything happened back to the people.
16:22It was the alleged allegation.
16:26What do you think of the circumstances in the night and morning?
16:31Like the storm of Bali,
16:33the traumas of the dream of the Kathmandu,
16:39foreign
16:46foreign
16:48foreign
16:48foreign
17:14And there's more breaking news coming in.
17:16The Calcutta High Court has dismissed Trinamool Congress's petition against the exclusion of state employees from vote counting supervisor duty.
17:26Employees as counting supervisors and counting centres.
17:30The petition by the court was to have state government employees.
17:33That's been dismissed by the Calcutta High Court.
17:35However, Justice Krishna Rao has directed that if the petitioners find that during the counting, the central government employees who've
17:45been employed as the counting supervisor are found to have favoured any of the candidate, for example, of the BJP,
17:54due to which the candidate of the petitioner feared defeat.
17:58Then the petitioner has the liberty to challenge the same once again.
18:04And I quickly want to cut across to my colleague Tapas Sen Gupta, who joins us for more on this.
18:10Tapas, bring us details, especially the fear in the minds of the TMC.
18:14Why were they keen on state government employees and their objection to central government employees as counting supervisors?
18:23Well, see, there was apprehension from the part of the central government employees that, from Trinamool Congress, that since the
18:29central government employees will be deputed as supervisors in the counting centre, there is a possibility that they might work
18:36in favour of the central government.
18:38And henceforth, there was an application that was filed at the Calcutta High Court, but Calcutta High Court have rejected
18:43that.
18:44However, Calcutta High Court have clearly stated that if the petitioner feels that during the counting there is any kind
18:49of bias is being done, then they have the liberty to approach the court.
18:54But as of now, the plea of the Trinamool Congress have been rejected.
18:57And as we speak, we are standing outside the Godira Manusiland Kendra, which have been the hotspot and the epicentre
19:03since today evening.
19:06You can see huge deployment of forces remains to be here.
19:09The Trinamool Congress candidates, Shashi Paja and Kunal Ghosh was here, but they left a little while back.
19:15It's raining heavily out here, but despite that, a few supporters of the Trinamool and the BJP are going around
19:24in this place, but nobody is allowed to do any kind of complication at this point in time.
19:29But on the other hand, Mota Banerjee is in the Shakawad Memorial, the strong room, where the counting is to
19:36be done of Bhavanipur.
19:37We're seeing inspecting that.
19:38A moment, I quickly want to bring in Maria Shaquille for more on this.
19:43And we are told in a moment, we'll also cut across and listen in to the CEO's press conference, election
19:48officer's press conference.
19:49But Maria, this shows how both sides are battling for every single vote and to ensure nothing goes wrong till
19:57the day of the counting.
19:59For optics, I would say, you know, because in the run-up to 4th, when the votes will be counted,
20:06the messaging has to go.
20:07From Trinamool Congress and also from the BJP that they are fully in control.
20:12If Bengal Chief Minister, just a few hours ago, soon after the exit poll's numbers came out, Gaurav, she put
20:18out a video message.
20:19The message was that she is confident that the party will be winning 230 seats.
20:24I've been speaking to my sources in the BJP, and they are insisting on a number of 180 plus.
20:30Look, it is a matter of perception that in the run-up to 4th, when the votes will be counted,
20:35all the BLOs and other, you know, supervisors have to be there inside the polling booth when the counting happens.
20:44Inside the counting stations when the counting happens.
20:46That is the reason why this is an effort being made by Mahmouda Banerjee to send a message to her
20:51carders
20:51and also to the supporters that they should be vigil.
20:54But at the same time, if you look at it, there are counter-optics that are coming in from the
20:59BJP.
20:59And this order by the Calcutta High Court, Gaurav, I'll be looking at it from a different prism as well.
21:07Remember, the BJP has made that announcement of the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission, Gaurav.
21:13And that impacts a significant number of state employees.
21:18When the Bengal government said that they do not want these employees to be employed for the counting,
21:24it was perhaps that issue being kept in mind when that petition was filed by the Mahmouda government.
21:31Stay with me, Maria. Now we are getting more details.
21:33And Maria, we will just in a moment listen in to that statement of Mahmouda Banerjee,
21:37where she wants all her party, cadre and leaders to protect the strong rooms and be at the strong rooms.
21:44The court upheld the validity of the decision requiring central government PSU employees as counting supervisors and assistants.
21:53And the writ petition was dismissed. What did the court say?
21:56The court said no interference with counting process.
22:00Such appointment is within the Election Commission's discretion and is not illegal.
22:05Handbook provisions do not restrict selection to state employees.
22:10Presence of micro-observers, agents, CCTV ensures transparency making allegations purely speculative.
22:18I'll get you much more on this big story.
22:20Aishwarya Paliwal will join us in just a moment.
22:23But before that, listen in to Mamata Banerjee and why the BJP says this is optics.
22:29Maria will join us in just a moment.
22:30But listen in to Mamata Banerjee.
22:58According to Mamata Banerjee,
23:04I want to once again bring in Tapas Sengupta into this conversation.
23:08Anirban stays with me.
23:09Tapas, the court has very clearly said presence of micro-observers, agents, CCTV, etc.
23:16ensures transparency making allegations speculative.
23:19The additional chief electoral officer or the ACEO has valid authority under delegation provision.
23:26Hence, the impugned communication is not without jurisdiction.
23:29The court rejected apprehension that central government staff would act under political influence.
23:36So, this apprehension that the TMC has, the court did not share it, Tapas.
23:41Well, yes, absolutely, Gaurav.
23:43There was elaborate discussion between the councils of both the Trinambul Congress as well as the Election Commission.
23:49The Election Commission in the first place has placed on record that the Election Commission have decided not based on
23:56their whims and will,
23:57but as per the rulebook or the rule manual of the Election Commission,
24:01they have the authority to appoint either the state government employees or the central government employees as supervisors.
24:07The micro-observers have already been appointed.
24:09So, there is no room for making an excuse whatsoever that any kind of biasness would be done
24:17or there would be a question of neutrality.
24:19But, based on that, the Trinambul Congress had raised an objection to that,
24:23raising intention behind recruiting the central government employees for this duty of supervising during the counting process.
24:31But, after the elaborate discussions,
24:33the Calcutta High Court observed that the Election Commission has the authority to appoint as per their need,
24:39and there is no need for intervention of the Calcutta High Court at this moment.
24:44But, the Calcutta High Court have also made it very clear that in the process of counting,
24:48if there is any discrepancy found, if any kind of such apprehensions come true,
24:54in that case, the petitioner has the liberty to approach the court and the court can hear the matter subsequently.
24:59So, it's a big, big blow to Trinambul Congress, given the observation of the Calcutta High Court.
25:04And, the High Court has clearly stated that they have refused to intervene into it at this moment right now.
25:10Back to you.
25:11The courts have said there are safeguards like CCTV and observers in place.
25:16Allegations where mere apprehensions without evidence,
25:21interference during ongoing election process is discouraged.
25:24Any grievance can be raised by our Election Petition Section 100 RP Act, Representation Act 1951.
25:34Anirban also with me on this big story.
25:36Anirban, Mamata Banerji as candidate Bhavanipur was trying to ensure that the strongroom was sealed at the Shekhawat Memorial School.
25:48Is she still inside? Is she now outside?
25:50Is there more clarity? Is she satisfied with the security in place?
25:58Well, Gaurav, it is not clarified yet because what we can see still now,
26:03she is inside this accounting center and the strongroom.
26:07She is inside. She is not coming out yet.
26:10But the security, as per the security arrangement, the tight security arrangement,
26:13what we are learning from them is she might come outside in a few minutes.
26:20And right now, she is, what we have learned from the sources itself,
26:25that she is questioning the officers, those who, Election Commission officers,
26:29those who are in the duty, and she has already sought answers from them
26:34that why this kind of CCTV footage, in that CCTV footage, who are the people, those who was there,
26:42and as well as she has questioned many things inside.
26:45And right now, she is inside with her polling agent.
26:48And what we have learned, she may come out in a few minutes,
26:51and then she will go and visit the Netaji Indoor Stadium,
26:55that another counting center, another strongroom of the North Kolkata as well.
27:00Stay with me, stay with me.
27:01So, this is where these two strongrooms, there's high drama.
27:05And I quickly want to cut across and bring in my colleague, Aishwarya Paliwal,
27:08joining us for more on this.
27:10Tapas also tracking the story closely.
27:12Aishwarya, you've been speaking to your sources in the Election Commission throughout,
27:16and while we wait for the press briefing to happen in just a moment from now,
27:20how are they explaining these fears of the Trinamool Congress,
27:25that the images that we see, that we are showing on our television screen,
27:28or screen of that strongroom, what's the movement inside?
27:32What details do you have?
27:35Well, you know, Gaurav, one of the things that the Election Commission at the moment
27:38is speaking about is the fact that they are saying this is not something which was done quietly.
27:42In fact, the Election Commission has now also made public the emails
27:46and the order copy that was being sent to 11 people.
27:50Now, in these 11, the names that have been given by the ECI,
27:53we can very clearly see independent candidates also have been given this order,
27:57which means that there was a very clear order that was being given by the Election Commission of India,
28:02telling all the political parties that after 4 p.m.,
28:05what will happen is the segregation of the ballot paper,
28:08and that is exactly what we can see in this video also.
28:11The commission now, in fact, is also saying that when this order was being given,
28:15they made sure that each and every political party,
28:17and including the independent candidates, they were being informed about the time.
28:21So a clarification has come from the Election Commission of India,
28:24and also they are now saying that the way in which TMC has now leaked this video,
28:29that is not what was happening.
28:31And they are also saying that the seal, in fact, of the strongroom can only be opened
28:35when everyone signs on that paper.
28:37So this is a tug-of-war that we are seeing at the moment, Korob, which is taking place.
28:41Let me tell you, this also is a glimpse and a trailer of what will happen on the 4th.
28:46We will see these kind of allegations being held,
28:49and we will also see clarification after clarifications coming in.
28:52And especially at a time, Aishwarya, when the Trinamool Congress
28:57and the Election Commission in general, and the CEC in particular,
29:02have been at loggerheads, including the kind of exchanges they have had in person,
29:10and words to the effect,
29:11TMC alleged that the CEC told them to get out of words to that effect.
29:16Well, you know, Korob, let me tell you, seven minutes.
29:18Barely, that's the time when we did see the delegation walk into the Election Commission building
29:24and walk out of it.
29:26So, you know, we did see how there was time that was being sought.
29:29In fact, it was Mamata Banerjee herself, the sitting chief minister.
29:32She made sure that she brought the war at the doorstep of the Election Commission of India.
29:37When she walked in, you know, we could see the whole barrage,
29:40everyone walking in with her.
29:42And let me tell you from what I understand from my sources within the Election Commission of India,
29:46the CEC, Gyanesh Kumar, in fact, sat down in that meeting with a pen and a paper.
29:50And all those points that were being raised by everyone present in both those meetings,
29:54there were two meetings in particular, which actually happened,
29:57one with where the CEC, in fact, started taking down points.
30:02And when he got up to answer all those points,
30:05that's the time when we saw finger raising taking place,
30:07the finger pointing taking place at the last delegation meeting lasted barely seven minutes,
30:11in which when Derek O'Brien came out,
30:13he alleged that get out was the word that was being used by CEC, Gyanesh Kumar.
30:18The Election Commission sources, however, said that when the commission wanted to respond
30:22to all the allegations to the finger pointing that was being done,
30:25it was the delegation, the TMC delegation, that actually abruptly got up
30:29and said that we only came to tell you what he wanted to say to you.
30:32We do not want to hear what you have to say.
30:35So, this is a tug of war that we have seen taking place.
30:37A lot of finger pointing, a lot of name calling.
30:40That is exactly what is happening.
30:42So, this has become a war of sorts, Gaurav,
30:45not between the BJP and the TMC,
30:47but rather between the ECI and the TMC.
30:49And that is why we are seeing these swift clarifications coming in
30:52from the Election Commission also.
30:54And between now and the 4th, when counting actually takes place,
30:58this is where these pitched battles on ground are being fought.
31:03And tapas, Mamata Banerjee visited the strong room of Bhawanipur
31:09at the school, at the Shikhavad school,
31:12then the Netaji indoor stadium.
31:14Are seals intact in both places as the EC maintains?
31:18Because all sides, when they are present there,
31:22all candidates, party candidates and independents only,
31:24then is that seal broken.
31:26So, was the seal tampered, damaged or intact?
31:29Do we have any information?
31:31So, Mamata Banerjee, at this moment is inside the strong room
31:36in Bhawanipur memorial.
31:38But as of now, we are standing outside.
31:40I'll show you, Gaurav.
31:44I'm going to see you here.
31:46I've got to see you here.
31:49You're saying that, I'm trying to manipulate it.
31:51What are you seeing here?
31:53Look, the tide of the tide is over.
31:55It's exactly the same way.
31:57It's so scary, it's so scary, it's so scary.
31:59Whatever happens here, it is a process.
32:01It's always a process that every election comes in the polls.
32:03What people receive postal ballots,
32:05they'll be put in the strong room.
32:06They were in their representative here.
32:08They were in the room where they chose to see.
32:10I had to watch all of them and all of them
32:15They stay on TV for the night
32:18They stay on TV
32:18Everything is fine
32:19There is nothing there
32:26Chor Machai Shor
32:32In a moment I will try and re-establish that audio link with Priyanka Tibriwal
32:37Chor Machai Shor
32:40Is how the BJP is responding
32:42To TMC's allegations of EVM tampering
32:45Slash strongroom tampering
32:46We will come back to the story
32:48A short break
32:49In a while from now
32:50CEO, the Chief Electoral Officer in Kolkata
32:53Will also be holding a press briefing
32:55To give out details from their side
32:58But both the TMC and the BJP
33:00Now rushing to the strongholds to ensure
33:02To the strongrooms to ensure
33:04There is no tampering
33:05That story and lots more coming up
33:08Stay close
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