Kerala BLOs Stage Statewide Protests Demanding Postponement of SIR by ECI

Kerala BLOs stage Statewide protests demanding postponement of SIR by ECI

Protests in Thiruvananthapuram demand postponement of Special Intensive Revision by ECI following the death of a booth-level officer.

Two BLOs die by suicide in Kerala, Rajasthan allegedly due to voter roll revision work pressure

The cases were reported in Kerala’s Kannur and Rajasthan’s Nahri Ka Bas.

Unrealistic targets, unbearable pressure: BLOs on SIR duty in Kerala on strike today

T'puram: Booth level officers (BLOs) across the state will stay away from work on Monday as part of a statewide protest against what employee unions d.

BLOs boycott SIR work across Kerala after officer’s suicide; Oppn demands probe against CPI(M)

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (PTI) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala was affected across the state on Monday as booth-level officers (BLOs) boycotted work following the suicide of an officer allegedly due to work strain. Aneesh George, 44, a BLO in Payyannur, Kannur, was found hanging at his house on Sunday. Family members and local residents alleged that he took the extreme step because of work-related pressure linked to the…

Kerala BLO dies by suicide; state BLOs announce protest boycott

Kannur: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) working on the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Kerala died by suicide on Sunday, triggering statewide protests by BLOs.The deceased, 41-year-old Aneesh George, a school attendant from Ettukudukka near Payyannur, was responsible for distributing and collecting voter enumeration forms. According to his family, Aneesh had been under severe stress due to the workload. Police said…

“Unbearable SIR pressure”: Kerala BLO’s suicide ignites statewide protest against Election Commission

Amid the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Kerala’s Kannur district died by suicide on Sunday, allegedly due to work-related pressure. The incident has prompted BLOs across the state to announce that they will boycott duties on Monday in protest. Forty-one-year-old Aneesh George, who worked as a school attendant, was found dead inside his home in Ettukudukka near Payyann…