Overview
- West Bengal’s CEO sought detailed district reports after Nadia BLO Rinku Tarafdar was found dead, with police recovering a purported suicide note blaming the Election Commission and opening a probe.
- Election Commission sources said state chief electoral officers will be asked to submit reports wherever harassment of BLOs is alleged, following deaths reported across West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
- Governor C.V. Ananda Bose urged calm, called for a thorough examination of the Jalpaiguri case, signalled a border visit for a reality check, and encouraged dialogue between the state government and the Commission.
- The Trinamool Congress pressed to halt the Special Intensive Revision and announced mobilisations, while BJP leaders disputed the authenticity of some notes and blamed the state for not appointing data entry operators as per guidelines.
- BLO associations in West Bengal demanded higher compensation than the state’s ₹2 lakh offer and operational fixes such as data entry support, training, an edit option on the BLO app and better server performance, with 41.2% of forms digitised toward a December 4 target and the final rolls due February 7, 2026.