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SC flags non-cooperation by states in voter list revision, warns it will pass orders if SIR work is ‘hindered’The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission of India to take serious note of alleged obstruction of electoral roll revision in s...
Parliament Winter Session: AAP's Sanjay Singh moves Rule 267 notice in Rajya Sabha, seeks discussion on SIR in Uttar PradeshParliament is set to debate election reforms including the Special Intensive Revision exercise. Opposition parties are demanding a discussi...
Deploy extra staff: SC to states on concerns related to BLOs in SIR exerciseThe Supreme Court plans to finish hearing challenges to electoral roll revisions before the winter break. States like Bihar, Tamil Nadu, an...
SC asks states to provide more staff to EC for SIR duty to ease pressure on BLOsThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked states to consider deploying additional staff to ease the workload of booth-level officers (BLOs) invol...
Fourth BLO death in Gujarat sparks outcryThe Opposition Congress has raised questions over the deaths of BLOs. Congress chief spokesperson Manish Doshi told ET that the Election Co...
BLOs hold protest outside West Bengal CEO's office over 'excessive' work pressureBooth-level officers in West Bengal clashed with police during a protest against excessive work pressure during the SIR process. A delegati...
As BLOs protest, Bengal CEO says no one has been suspendedBooth-level officers in West Bengal protested against demanding work pressure during electoral roll revision. Chief Electoral Officer Manoj...
BLO platform holds protest rally in Kolkata in demand of immediate stoppage of SIR in West BengalThe platform claimed that the poll panel had not taken necessary steps to ease their workload and burdened them with digitization without t...
BLOs to hold march in Kolkata to protest against work pressure under SIR exerciseKolkata SIR protest BLO march: Since the launch of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state, the BLOs acros...
Trinamool attacks CEC as Booth Level Officers face burnout amid SIRThe Machhlandpur BLO, who fell ill today following continuous pressure of EF digitisation till midnight every day. Similar challenges have ...
"Chaos across country under the garb of SIR": Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi has raised serious concerns regarding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. He claims 16 Booth Level Officers hav...
"Vote theft has taken deadly turn": Congress chief Kharge slams BJP over demise of BLOs during SIR Phase IICongress President Mallikarjun Kharge has criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party. He alleges that Booth Level Officers are dying by suicide ...
BLO in West Bengal dies by suicide; SIR work pressure allegedA Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal's Nadia district allegedly committed suicide due to work pressure from the Special Intensive Rev...
Mamata Banerjee urges EC to halt Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West BengalWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Election Commission to halt the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, citing excessive pr...
Kolkata: EC serves notices to 8 BLOs, 5 BLAs face FIRsThe electoral roll revision in West Bengal has hit a snag, with show cause notices dispatched to eight Booth Level Officers. Five Booth Lev...
SIR of voter rolls begins across West Bengal with 80,000 BLOs on groundWest Bengal's electoral roll revision is underway with BLOs conducting house-to-house visits. The process has seen allegations of irregular...
UP elections: ‘Sulking’ booth officers hurt party, says BJPMultiple BJP leaders and representatives ET spoke with said reports were received from many booths in villages and elsewhere about the name...