Kolkata: BLO ‘under adjudication’ dies, kin blame SIR pressure | Kolkata News – The Times of India

Kolkata: BLO ‘under adjudication’ dies, kin blame SIR pressure | Kolkata News – The Times of India

KOLKATA: Another booth level officer (BLO), Mohammad Tahir (50), died of heart attack on Sunday. Family members alleged that mounting work pressure, coupled with the discovery of his own name on “under adjudication” list and persistent harassment from affected voters, led to a fatal heart attack.Tahir was a resident of the Anwar Bagan area under…

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House-to-house, form-to-form: The unseen daily grind of BLOs amid SIR rollout | India News – The Times of India

House-to-house, form-to-form: The unseen daily grind of BLOs amid SIR rollout | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who have been a silent and almost invisible part of India’s electoral machinery for decades, have suddenly found themselves at the centre of attention. The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has placed them at the centre of one of the largest verification drives…

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