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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) announced fiscal compensation for the families of those who person died owed to concerns surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Ms. Banerjee said that 39 people, including four BLOs, person died successful the State owed to the SIR panic, which includes deaths owed to suicides. “The families of each of them volition get fiscal assistance of ₹2 lakh,” she said.
“Thirteen radical are nether attraction owed to illness. Among them, 3 BLOs are victims of enactment pressure. These 13 radical volition get fiscal assistance of ₹1 lakh each,” she said.
The Chief Minister’s announcement came erstwhile the organisation of enumeration forms nether the SIR, which began connected November 4, was successful its last phase. After the hold of the seven-day deadline for the SIR, the postulation and digitisation of enumeration is apt to beryllium completed connected December 14.
Deaths linked to SIR accent were reported successful the State days earlier the process started. The BJP and different Opposition parties person questioned claims of specified deaths and alleged that the Trinamool Congress was linking each decease successful the State to the SIR.
Commenting connected the announcement of compensation, CPI(M) State Secretary Mohammad Salim said that Ms. Banerjee was indulging successful authorities implicit the dead. Mr. Salim said that BLOs are being pressurised by the Election Commission and that if the Commission wanted an error-free elector list, it should person removed the names of dormant voters. He besides raised questions astir the 100 enumeration forms being returned to BLOs crossed respective booths successful the State.
Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari besides shared an audio clip connected his societal media grip alleging that it revealed however BLOs successful the Falta country of South 24 Parganas were being pressurised by the Electoral Revision Officer (ERO) of Falta, instructing that the names of dormant persons should not beryllium deleted.
