Special Intensive Revision workload

West Bengal Booth Level Officers Protest With Ambulance After Colleague Suffers Brain Stroke During Electoral Duties
Dec 10, 2025 12:59 am CST
West Bengal Booth Level Officers staged a protest bringing their colleague who suffered a brain stroke allegedly from excessive election-related workload. The BLO Adhikar Raksha Committee demands compensation and workload relief, highlighting the disparity between support for polling personnel casualties and BLOs who suffer health issues during Election Commission duties.
Bengal Teachers Facing Health Crisis Due to Election Commission's SIR Duties: Growing Controversy in West Bengal
Nov 23, 2025 03:39 pm CST
A growing crisis unfolds in West Bengal as another Booth Level Officer (BLO), Kamal Naskar, has been hospitalized due to stress from Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duties. This incident follows a recent BLO suicide, intensifying the conflict between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Election Commission over workload concerns for teachers assigned electoral responsibilities ahead of upcoming Assembly polls.