Overview
- Aneesh George, a booth-level officer in Kannur, died by suicide, with his family citing pressure from Special Intensive Revision duties as the Chief Electoral Officer sought a report.
- Trade unions in Kerala called a statewide boycott of SIR work on Monday and announced protest marches, demanding a probe, compensation for the family, and a pause or extension of the exercise.
- BLOs in West Bengal protested and in some districts boycotted training after being told to shift to digital data entry, pressing for deadline extensions and hiring of data-entry operators.
- The Election Commission reported high distribution coverage of SIR forms across 12 states and UTs, upheld the process as impartial, and scheduled a review visit to Kolkata on November 18 as the West Bengal governor urged calm.
- Parties escalated their campaigns around the revision, with the TMC alleging voter deletions and deploying monitors, while the BJP accused it of spreading panic and officials noted uneven presence of opposition booth agents.