Archive · 28 Nov 2025
BJP Accused of Electoral Manipulation Amid SIR Process
Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, said the BJP government is treating Booth Level Officers (BLOs) badly by giving them too much work.
He thinks this is part of a plan to change voter lists unfairly.
Some BLOs have even died because of this, and Akhilesh wants the government to pay their families.
The Supreme Court is also looking into this issue because some people think the way voter lists are being updated is not fair.
In West Bengal, the government has moved many police officers around, which some people think is because of the voter list updates and upcoming elections.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether the Election Commission can do this big update of voter lists all at once.
Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of subjecting BLOs to inhuman behavior with impractical SIR targets.
The Samajwadi Party demanded Rs 1 crore compensation for deceased BLOs' families and announced Rs 2 lakh assistance.
The Supreme Court is hearing challenges to the SIR process, questioning its validity and authority.
The West Bengal government ordered a sweeping police reshuffle amid the SIR process and rising pre-poll heat.
Senior advocates argued that the SIR process mirrors colonial-era voter lists based on exclusionary criteria.
- Who
- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Election Commission of India (ECI), West Bengal government
- What
- Accusations of electoral manipulation, Supreme Court hearing challenges to the SIR process, West Bengal police reshuffle
- When
- November 28, 2024
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India, West Bengal, India
- Why
- Alleged electoral manipulation, systemic failures causing stress and deaths among BLOs, political tensions, Assembly polls months away
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Samajwadi Party president
- BLOs
- Booth Level Officers
- SIR
- Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Compensation demanded
- Rs 1 crore by Akhilesh, Rs 2 lakh by Samajwadi Party
- States affected
- Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh
- Supreme Court hearing
- Challenges to the SIR process
- West Bengal police reshuffle
- Shifting SPs in nearly 10 districts
Sources
‘ECI will never have power of SIR,’ CJI says ‘process needs to be justified’
BLOs subjected to inhuman behaviour: Akhilesh
BLOs given impractical targets, subjected to inhuman behaviour by BJP govt: Akhilesh
NGOs, ex-bureaucrats in Rajasthan want SIR deadline extended, exclusionary conditions dropped
EC can’t do legislative work in ‘garb’ of conducting polls: Singhvi in SC over SIR
UP digitised 48% of enumeration forms for SIR in the state out of 15.44 crore voters
‘Inhuman behaviour, impractical targets’: Akhilesh joins Mamata in taking on Centre over BLO crisis
Bengal govt shuffles police top brass amid SIR revision and rising pre-poll heat
EC can't assume legislative role in 'garb' of conducting polls, Singhvi tells SC over SIR
ECI’s SIR is an exclusionary exercise reminiscent of colonial-era electoral rolls, SC told
Any process which is fair, transparent can be adopted: Supreme Court on SIR exercise
Special Intensive Revision: 21 BLOs booked for ‘negligence’ in duty in Ghaziabad
BLO on SIR duty dies of heart attack in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, kin blame officials for overwork
‘Big conspiracy’ against people: Akhilesh Yadav on SIR exercise
SP spokesperson booked for ‘derogatory remarks’ against Yogi
A Year After Violence, Heres Why Sambhal Still Shapes CM Yogis Third-Term Ambition
TMC blames ECI for BLO fatalities, challenges voter roll revision
Another BLO dies in Bengal, family blames SIR pressure
"Blood On Your Hands": Trinamool To Poll Body Over Booth Officials' Deaths
Samajwadi Party spreading confusion, fear about SIR in UP: BJP
Fourth death of BLO reported in Bengal during SIR, incident triggers political row
Another BLO dies of ‘heart attack’ in Gujarat; colleagues and family blame late-night SIR workload
