India, Nov. 25 -- Tension flared outside the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in Kolkata late night on Monday as BJP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers clashed over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

Police set up barricades to keep the two groups apart while hundreds of protestors gathered at the main gate of the Election Commission office, escalating an already volatile situation.

While talking to news agency ANI, BJP North Kolkata district president Tamoghna Ghosh accused the TMC of sending "goons" to disrupt the process.

"These are TMC goons and are here to commit hooliganism. Look at their behaviour and actions. These people are not BLOs. They had come here to the CO office at m...