Protests intensified outside the Election Commission office on Wednesday when members of the BLO Ekta Manch raised slogans against opposition leader Shubhendu Adhikari. As he exited the Commission premises, Shubhendu reacted sharply, calling the protesting BLOs “thieves” before moving ahead with his convoy. The scene outside the Commission briefly turned chaotic as the sloganeering continued.
However, the tension didn’t end there. Just 50 metres ahead of the Commission office, a group of Trinamool supporters showed black flags to Shubhendu’s convoy. The back-to-back confrontations highlighted the rising political friction surrounding the ongoing SIR-related agitation.