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Hours after Mamata Banerjee called for round-the-clock monitoring of EVM strong rooms, tensions escalated in Kolkata as TMC leaders Kunal Ghosh and Shashi Panja staged a sit-in protest at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, alleging irregularities inside the facility. The situation further intensified outside a strong room near Netaji Indoor Stadium, where sloganeering and protests were reported ahead of Banerjee’s arrival. Leaders of the All India Trinamool Congress accused officials of allowing access to ballot boxes without authorised representatives and shared CCTV footage on social media, calling it a “murder of democracy in broad daylight.” They also claimed lack of transparency and denial of entry. Meanwhile, BJP leader Tapas Roy rejected the allegations and defended the security arrangements at th