Overview
- Booth Level Officers have distributed about 1.10 crore enumeration forms in the first two days of the Special Intensive Revision that began on November 4, with the exercise scheduled to run through March ahead of next year’s Assembly polls.
- The Election Commission warned against third‑party or stationary distribution, issuing a show‑cause notice to BLO Rituparna Hajra after reports that her husband, a local TMC leader, handed out forms in her place, with further inquiries underway.
- Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti and state CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal started field reviews in Alipurduar and are set to visit Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling to monitor implementation and hear ground feedback.
- Reports from multiple districts described BLOs seen with TMC supporters and alleged assaults on BJP booth agents during form distribution, which local TMC leaders denied, calling the claims unfounded or linked to public frustration with the process.
- ECI data compiled through November 3 show the BJP leading BLA‑2 appointments at 63,940, followed by CPI(M) at 18,706, TMC at 13,526 and Congress at 5,797, underscoring the parties’ booth‑level push during the revision.