BJP leader Rahul Sinha

Kolkata: After the Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept the recently-held bypolls in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led party of foul play and hinted that EVMs were rigged in the elections. Before making the bold allegations, National Secretary and Bengal BJP leader Rahul Sinha said that he will report the matter to the Election Commission.

While speaking to media, Rahul Sinha said, "Though the Election Commission monitors all the elections, the execution of bypolls is being done by the state. TMC can do anything to win the elections."

He then went on to add, "Anything can be done with the EVMs. You can't deny foul play of the ruling party in the counting."

In the recently-held bypolls, TMC candidate Tapan Deb Sinha secured a victory over BJP's Kamal Chandra Sarkar by 2,414 votes from Kaliaganj seat.

Another TMC candidate Bimlendu Sinha Roy trounced state BJP vice president Jay Prakash Majumder by over 24,000 votes in Karimpur seat.

The TMC completed the sweep by winning the third constituency - Kharagpur Sadar - as well with Pradip Sarkar who pipped BJP's Premchandra Jha by a comfortable margin of over 20,000 votes.

Reflecting on the BJP's whitewash in the three seats, Rahul Sinha said, "During Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won the Kaliaganj and Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituencies with huge margins whereas in Kaliaganj and Karimpur the party got more votes as compared to the 2016 Assembly elections. Still, we lost in all the three seats?"

"TMC has won the Kharagpur Sadar seat for the first time. These things raise doubts. Everywhere, from media to the public, it was being said that the BJP will win the bypolls," added the BJP leader.