Power Cuts, CCTV Turned Off
New Delhi:
Hours earlier than the counting of votes for West Bengal assembly elections was scheduled to start, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Monday that energy has been lower close to the digital voting machines’ (EVMs) strongrooms. In a submit on X round 1 am, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief additionally claimed that CCTVs are being turned off and automobiles are coming into and exiting the premises of strongrooms.
“Be careful. Give guard. Stay awake at night. Make a complaint. I’m receiving reports from various places that load-shedding is being deliberately imposed. From Hooghly’s Serampore, Nadia’s Krishnanagar, Burdwan’s Aushgram, to Kolkata’s Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, such incidents have come to light where load-shedding is being done in phases, CCTVs are being turned off, and vehicles are moving in and out of strongrooms,” she posted in Bengali.
“I am calling upon my party workers: just as I am staying up all night to keep an eye on everything, you too stay up all night and guard the people’s votes in the strongrooms. If anyone creates any suspicious situation anywhere, surround them, file complaints immediately, and demand CCTV footage,” Banerjee, who’s looking for a fourth time period, mentioned.
She alleged that every one of that is being executed on the “behind the BJP.”
West Bengal Minister Shashi Panja, who’s looking for re-election from the Shyampukur meeting seat, additionally shared a video of a pc display exhibiting a “camera blackout” in Kolkata’s Khudiram Anushilini Stadium.
“Camera blackout in Khudiram Anushilini stadium, Kolkata, resumed after our protests, but why this repeated disruption?
We are alert. We demand to see the footage which was not visible. The fight is on,” she wrote on
Camera blackout in Khudiram Anushilini stadium, Kolkata
Resumed after our protests, however why this repeated disruption
We are alert
We demand to see the footage which was not seen.
The combat is on. pic.twitter.com/USsB5fexQg— Shashi Panja (@panja_shashi) May 3, 2026
She had held a gathering together with her celebration’s counting agents for the Bhabanipur constituencyfrom the place she is looking for a re-election, on Sunday night.
Vote Counting In Bengal
The two-phase West Bengal assembly polls have been held on April 23 and April 29, with counting of votes scheduled for 8 am in the present day.
The majority mark within the 294-member Bengal meeting is 148. But with repolling ordered in Falta following studies about vitiation of the ballot course of, outcomes for under 293 seats might be out for now.
The counting for Missing might be held on May 21.
After three straight phrases since 2011, when she toppled the 35-year CPM regime, many say this might be the hardest election Mamata Banerjee is dealing with.
The 71-year-old chief is assured that the TMC will “cross 226 seats” in 2026.
Photo Credit: ANI
“We might even cross 230 seats. I have complete faith in the massive mandate given by the people,” she had mentioned after the election.
Five exit polls, nevertheless, have predicted a BJP victory.
