SIR exercise Phase-2: BJP delegation visits Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer

A BJP delegation led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Kolkata on Monday, December 1, 2025, sparking loud protests by members of the Stand Level Officer (BLO) forum, who demonstrated there over alleged excessive workload during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, a senior official said.

Mr. Adhikari, along with several BJP MLAs, said that when he reached the CEO’s office to meet officials, protesting members of the BLO Adhikar Raksha Committee started shouting slogans and tried to break through police barricades.

They demand that the SIR period be extended for another two months, relieving the “excessive workload” and paying compensation to the next of kin of the deceased BLOs.

The protests continued even as Mr. Adhikari and other BJP MPs entered the office to meet Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal and Special Monitoring Observer Subrata Gupta.

The BJP delegation is scheduled to raise concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in voter rolls in the state, officials said.