BJP delegation led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari (centre) meets West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal (left), in Kolkata on December 1, 2025.
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A BJP delegation, led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, visited the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Monday (December 1, 2025), triggering loud protests by members of a Booth Level Officer (BLO) forum, who have been demonstrating there over alleged excessive workload during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, a senior officer said.
As Mr. Adhikari, accompanied by several BJP MLAs, arrived at the CEO’s office to meet officials, protesting members of the BLO Adhikar Raksha Committee started shouting slogans and tried to breach police barricades, he said.
They have been demanding relief from “excessive workload” by extending the SIR deadline by another two months and compensation for the next of kin of deceased BLOs.
The protests continued even as Mr. Adhikari and other BJP MLAs entered the office to meet Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal and Special Roll Observer Subrata Gupta.
Officials said the BJP delegation was scheduled to raise concerns related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State.
Published – December 01, 2025 05:07 pm IST
