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Blow-by-blow account: How TMC dharna over 'EVM manipulation' ended in anti-climax
A high-voltage second phase of polling in West Bengal ended with late-night drama on Thursday, with Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee marching down to an EVM holding centre over allegations of vote manipulation. However, the protest soon fizzled out in the North Kolkata constituency after State CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal’s midnight press conference, following which Mamata Banerjee also came out of the strongroom in the South Kolkata constituency, where she had been staying. The movement that was observed was inside the strongroom designated for postal ballots, both Pandey and Agarwal said.
