West Bengal Governor makes three-point proposal to ensure safety, security of BLOs involved in SIR

Expressing strong concern over reports that BLOs and officials engaged in SIR 2.0 are being ‘threatened’ in Bengal, and several other states, the Supreme Court on Tuesday warned the Election Commission that it must flag such incidents or “it will cause anarchy”. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi urged the poll body to take serious note of state governments’ lack of cooperation in the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls that had kicked off from 4 November.”Bring to our notice instances of lack of cooperation, hindrances to work of BLOs and we will pass appropriate orders,” the bench told senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, who appeared for the national poll body. Dwivedi cautioned that if matters worsened, the EC might be compelled to seek police assistance—even though the police fall under state jurisdiction.Justice Bagchi, however, reminded that the poll panel cannot take the police under its control until the election process formally begins.



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