Kolkata: A man assessments his paperwork at a college throughout a listening to underneath the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)(PTI12_29_2025_000184B)
Kolkata: SIR hearings in Bengal had been disrupted in Chinsurah and Midnapore on Monday after EC mentioned booth-stage brokers (BLAs) would no longer be allowed to be teach throughout the complaints, and an EC observer’s car came underneath attack in Mograhat, South 24 Parganas.Particular roll observer C Murugan, tasked with supervising SIR of rolls in South 24 Parganas and Kolkata South LS constituencies, had gone to Mograhat for a field talk about over with when he encountered protests. Protesters allegedly damaged the address lock of a door of the automobile. EC has requested Murugan to post a close dispute on the incident.The flare-up followed EC’s decision to debar BLAs from entering SIR hearings. No subject the protests, Murugan remained firm.
“I came to do my job and I will do it. What do I have to fear? I am an IAS officer. I have come here on Election Commission’s instructions. It is the administration’s responsibility to provide me with security,” Murugan mentioned.At some stage within the an identical time, an identical protests broke out in Hooghly and Midnapore. In Hooghly’s Chinsurah-Mogra block enlighten of job, hearings had been suspended after TMC MLA Asit Mazumdar objected to the exclusion of BLAs. “Unless BLAs are allowed or officials give in writing that they will not be allowed, we will not allow the hearings,” Mazumdar instructed journalists. Following this, gates of block enlighten of job had been closed, stopping of us from entering.Later, after a prod from EC, the DM reached the enlighten and ensured that hearings resumed.
