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BJP won 2019 elections unfairly, is harassing Trinamool leaders: Mamata

West Bengal chief minister says BJP won by misusing electronic voting machines and security forces.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally to commemorate Martyr's Day in Kolkata, Sunday, July 21, 2019.
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally to commemorate Martyr's Day in Kolkata, Sunday, July 21, 2019.

Ishita Ayan Dutt Kolkata
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the BJP’s the party’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections was "mystery" and not "history", hinting that electronic voting machines (EVM) had been rigged.

"We don't want EVMs. We want ballot box to be brought back. We want to tell the Election Commission in the state that municipality and other elections should be done via ballot boxes," said Banerjee at Martyrs' Day, an annual rally organised by her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in Kolkata to commemorate the deaths of 13 people in police firing in 1993.

Banerjee said several countries that