Two booth-level officers (BLOs) from Uttar Pradesh and one from Rajasthan died in the past three days – their families citing increased workload amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway across 12 states and Union Territories.
Several such cases of BLO deaths have come to light in recent months, with opposition parties questioning the government and the Election Commission (EC) over their apathy towards the plight of the ground-level workers.
01/12/2025