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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal took a swipe astatine the authorities connected Monday (December 29, 2025) implicit the decease of booth-level officers successful assorted parts of the state engaged successful the SIR exercise, asking whether the beingness of 1 alleged "infiltrator" was not okay, but the decease of BLOs was okay.
Mr. Sibal's remarks came a time aft a Booth Level Officer (BLO) was recovered dormant successful West Bengal's Bankura district, triggering allegations that work-related unit linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls whitethorn person played a role.
"Yet different termination by a Bengal BLO. Total pan-India: 33. If 1 alleged 'ghuspetia’ [infiltrator], that's not OK, if 33 BLOs die, is that ok?" Mr. Sibal said successful a station connected X.
SIR
Yet different termination by a Bengal BLO
Total pan-India
33
If 1 alleged " ghuspetia" (infiltrator)
That's not OK
If 33 BLO's dice
Is that Ok ?
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said past period that the authorities would propulsion retired infiltrators from the state and alleged that immoderate governmental parties are opposing the SIR workout arsenic they privation the names of infiltrators to stay connected the electoral rolls.
The latest decease of a BLO occurred successful the Ranibandh artifact of West Bengal, wherever the assemblage of Haradhan Mandal was recovered from a schoolhouse premises connected Sunday (December 28, 2025) morning. The constabulary said they recovered a termination note.
"Mandal was a schoolteacher and served arsenic the BLO of Booth No. 206 nether the Rajakata country of Ranibandh block," a constabulary serviceman said.
According to the officer, a enactment bearing the deceased's signature was recovered from the spot, successful which helium reportedly referred to being incapable to header with enactment unit arsenic a BLO.
The BLOs play a large relation successful the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The EC conducted SIR successful Bihar successful the archetypal phase, and the workout is underway successful 12 States and Union Territories successful the 2nd phase.
