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Alleging that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) successful West Bengal was being held nether an ambiance of “threat and intimidation”, the State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said connected Friday (November 28, 2025) that it was the work of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to supply information to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) progressive successful the exercise.
“A concern which has been created successful West Bengal by Trinamool Congress wherever State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) present cannot enactment properly. Even the CEO is facing information concerns..,” helium said.
Mr. Bhattacharya said that the concern successful West Bengal is antithetic from different states and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar volition person to instrumentality work for the concern faced by BLOs successful the State wherever the constabulary and medication is not providing them immoderate security.
“Gyanesh Kumar volition person to travel present ( successful West Bengal). He volition person to spot nether what concern are the BLOs moving successful the State. It is not capable to nonstop representatives here. The concern successful West Bengal is antithetic from different states,” the BJP president said.
Mr. Bhattacharya said that BLOs are being forced to instrumentality instructions from Trinamool Congress and constabulary is not taking immoderate complaints by the BLOs of being threatened and intimidated. The BJP person said that dissimilar different states West Bengal has a civilization of governmental unit wherever 56 BJP workers were killed successful station canvass unit aft 2021 Assembly polls and determination is not a “constitutional situation but the full strategy has collapsed”.
“If the Chief Election Commissioner wants to power the concern by sitting successful Delhi, past it volition not work. He volition person to travel to West Bengal. He (CEC) volition person to travel retired of his aerial conditioned chamber, helium volition person to sojourn Diamond Harbour, Kultali, Gosaba and Birbhum and spot however the BLOs are moving here,” helium said.
The remarks by the West Bengal BJP president came connected the time erstwhile a delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs met the Election Commission of India (ECI) officials successful New Delhi. The Trinamool MPs raised the contented of decease of BLOs successful the State during the SIR process. There person been reports of decease of 3 to 4 BLOs successful the State alone.Sources successful the enactment said that Trinamool volition rise the contented of decease of BLOs successful the upcoming league of Parliament.
Mr. Bhattacharya, who is besides a Rajya Sabha MP said BJP leaders volition taxable deputation to the ECI successful December with the commencement of the wintertime league of the Parliament. The BJP person besides added that the BLOs who are indulging successful irregularities volition person to instrumentality work and look the euphony due to the fact that they are participating successful a process (SIR) which is done by ECI- a precise almighty law assemblage and adjacent the Supreme Court does not privation to interfere successful its domain.
“This is not a question of a governmental party, not a question of BJP, Trinamool, CPI(M) oregon Congress, It is simply a question of the country, its interior information and however several welfare schemes of the authorities volition beryllium implemented,” helium said. Mr. Bhattacharya said that the BJP’s basal arsenic acold arsenic SIR is acrophobic remains clear, “detect, delete and deport”.
