Overview
- The CEO’s office says all roughly 80,000 booth-level officers joined after suspension warnings, enabling one officer per booth ahead of door-to-door work scheduled for November 4 to December 4.
- Voter support has been expanded with national and state helplines, a ‘Book-a-Call with BLO’ facility, and public posting of BLO contact details, with officials clarifying no documents are required during enumeration.
- A petition seeking a court-monitored process and more time was admitted by a Calcutta High Court division bench, with further proceedings expected.
- The Election Commission is reviewing a proposal for Assembly-wise joint supervisory committees with party representation to track progress and bolster transparency.
- TMC has directed party agents to shadow BLOs and announced 6,200 help desks, while a viral but unverified video of a local leader threatening BLOs has prompted fresh complaints over intimidation.