Kolkata, April 30 -- BJP leader Tapas Roy on Thursday hit out at Trinamool Congress (TMC) over its allegations that the BJP "in active collusion" with Election Commission "is opening ballot boxes without the presence of any relevant party stakeholders" and said the ruling party leaders "are spreading rumours" as they "are preparing ground for their defeat" in the assembly polls.

Roy arrived at Netaji Indoor Stadium as TMC leaders Kunal Ghosh and Shashi Panja held a protest over their allegations.

"We will deploy two persons to look after the strong room...They (TMC) are just spreading rumours as they are preparing ground for their defeat...Three-layer security arrangements are here," he told reporters.

TMC leader Shashi Panja accused t...