Kolkata, May 2 -- Claiming that the security personnel deployed in West Bengal "don't know the rules" and are trying to "humiliate us every day," Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Shyampukur candidate Shashi Panja said on Saturday that she was briefly barred from entering the strongroom despite rules permitting candidates to inspect the place.

The TMC leader visited the Netaji Indoor stadium strongroom today, where she said that security officials at first did not allow her inside, saying that people who are already in will have to come out first. She said that only after clarification from the police was she allowed to enter.

"Security personnel deployed outside don't even know that the candidate can go in (strong room). They told me...