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The CPI has urged Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to exempt colony and ward secretariat employees from duties arsenic Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and to instrumentality contiguous steps to trim the mounting enactment unit connected them arising from aggregate surveys and election-related tasks.
In a missive addressed to the Chief Minister connected Monday, CPI State Secretary Gujjula Eswaraiah pointed retired that arsenic per Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines, lone astir 14 categories of employees are eligible to beryllium appointed arsenic BLOs. However, successful Andhra Pradesh, colony and ward secretariat unit unsocial are being assigned these responsibilities, starring to excessive workload and superior wellness issues.
He noted that secretariat employees successful the State are besides burdened with Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, resulting successful prolonged stress. Mr. Eswaraiah said that wrong the past 2 months, 4 secretariat employees had died, including a 41-year-old ward secretariat staffer from Indira Nagar successful Emmiganur municipality of Kurnool district.
The CPI person expressed interest implicit the disciplinary actions specified arsenic memos, show-cause notices, and suspensions being issued to secretariat unit performing BLO duties. He claimed that successful Kurnool territory alone, much than 600 secretariat employees had received show-cause notices. Mr. Eswaraiah besides reminded Mr. Naidu that erstwhile helium was successful the Opposition, helium had demanded that secretariat unit beryllium relieved from BLO responsibilities.
