Polling Stopped At Some Bengal Booths After BJP Claims EVM Tampering

Voting has been stopped in some booths in Falta in West Bengal's Diamond Harbour after the BJP claimed voting machines had been tampered with by the Trinamool during the Phase 2 elections. Diamond Harbour in South 24 Paraganas district is a stronghold of Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The BJP has alleged that its button on the electronic voting machine (EVM) has been taped in several polling booths in Falta in South 24 Paraganas' Diamond Harbour area. Denying the charge, the Trinamool claimed the BJP is raising a false alarm since it is losing in Bengal. It also slammed the Election Commission and police observer Ajay Pal Sharma, the IPS officer known as "Singham" who the party had earlier accused of threatening their candidate Jehangir Khan.