The day began with the aftermath of Mamata Banerjee's overnight vigil at an EVM strongroom in Kolkata, which fizzled after the Election Commission clarified it was routine postal ballot segregation. By late morning, the EC ordered repolling in 15 booths in Diamond Harbour and Magrahat Paschim for May 2, following complaints of tampering and violence. In the afternoon, the Trinamool Congress escalated the dispute legally, moving the Supreme Court against the EC's directive to use central government staff as counting supervisors; the CJI scheduled an urgent hearing for May 2. Meanwhile, the Jabalpur boat tragedy continued to draw coverage, with details emerging that life jackets were distributed only after the boat started sinking. Internationally, the US-Iran conflict remained prominent: Trump rejected a new Iranian proposal sent via Pakistan, and reports indicated extensive damage to US military bases across eight Gulf nations.
