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Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) implicit the decease of immoderate Booth Level Officers (BLOs) successful assorted states, the Congress connected Sunday (November 23, 2025) alleged that the workload is forcing BLOs and polling officers to extremity their lives, and claimed that the "hasty" implementation of SIR is reminiscent of demonetisation and the COVID-19 lockdown.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the BJP's "vote chori" has present taken a deadly turn.
Mr. Kharge shared connected X a media study which claimed that successful 19 days, determination person been deaths of 16 BLOs during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The workload is forcing BLOs and polling officers to extremity their lives, the Congress main said.
"My deepest condolences to each household who has mislaid a loved one. Based connected crushed reality, this fig is acold higher than reported, which is highly worrying. Who volition supply justness to these families?" Mr. Kharge said successful his station successful Hindi.
"The BJP is engaged enjoying the fruits of stolen power, portion the Election Commission of India is watching arsenic a mute spectator," helium charged.
"The hasty, unplanned forced implementation of SIR is reminiscent of demonetisation and the COVID-19 lockdown," Mr. Kharge claimed.
The BJP's hunger for powerfulness is driving institutions to unit deaths, shredding of the Constitution, and weakening of ideology done misuse of power, helium alleged.
"Enough is enough! If we inactive don't aftermath up, nary 1 tin prevention the past pillars of ideology from collapsing. Those who stay soundless connected SIR and ballot theft are liable for the deaths of these guiltless BLOs. Raise your voice, prevention democracy!" Mr. Kharge said.
A pistillate moving arsenic a Booth Level Officer (BLO) successful West Bengal's Nadia territory was recovered dormant astatine her residence connected Saturday (November 22, 2025), with her household members claiming that she was nether sizeable SIR work-related accent and ended her life, constabulary said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed daze implicit the BLO's decease and said this has go "truly alarming now".
The CM shared a enactment near down by the deceased. In the note, the deceased held the ECI liable for this consequence. Senior BJP person Rahul Sinha, however, claimed that enactment is 'fake'.
Also, 2 teachers-cum-BLOs tasked with conducting a elector database survey for SIR died of "illness" successful Raisen and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh connected Friday (November 21, 2025), officials said.
