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The row erupted after Mamata Banerjee blamed the Election Commission for the alleged suicide of a BLO in Jalpaiguri, whose family alleged increased workload over the SIR exercise.<\/h2>\n
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A heated war of words broke out between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Election Commission for the death of a booth level officer (BLO) in Jalpaiguri over alleged pressure related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.<\/p>\n

The deceased, identified as 48-year-old Shantimuni Orao, an anganwadi worker serving as the BLO for booth number 20\/101 under Rangamati gram panchayat, was found hanging from a tree near her home in the New Glencoe tea garden area early in the morning, according to police. Her family alleged she died by suicide after weeks of mounting stress caused by the SIR drive.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday again, we lost a Booth Level Officer in Mal, Jalpaiguri \u2014 Smt Shanti Muni Ekka, a tribal lady, an anganwadi worker who took her own life under the unbearable pressure of the ongoing SIR work. 28 people have already lost their lives since SIR began \u2014 some due to fear and uncertainty, others due to stress and overload,” Banerjee claimed in a post on X.<\/p>\n

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Deeply shocked and saddened.Today again, we lost a Booth Level Officer in Mal, Jalpaiguri \u2014 Smt Shanti Muni Ekka, a tribal lady, an anganwadi worker who took her own life under the unbearable pressure of the ongoing SIR work.<\/p>\n

28 people have already lost their lives since SIR\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cSuch precious lives are being lost because of the unplanned, relentless workload imposed by the so-called Election Commission of India. A process that earlier took 3 years is now being forced into 2 months on the eve of elections to please political masters, putting inhuman pressure on BLOs,” she added, urging the ECI to act with conscience and halt the \u201cunplanned” exercise.<\/p>\n

BJP Hits Back At Mamata\u2019s Remarks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The BJP hit back at Mamata Banerjee\u2019s accusations, with Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari saying that the CM was attempting to shift blame to the ECI. ” We have inquired about the incident. I have come to know that because of pressure from her senior officials of the state government, she was under immense stress and committed suicide,” he alleged.<\/p>\n

BJP IT Department chief Amit Malviya accused Mamata Banerjee of spewing lies to protect her \u201cinfiltrator empire” from the SIR exercise. He also alleged that TMC goons had openly threatened to \u201cties BLOs to trees and break their limbs”, hinting at abetment to suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis incident is testimony to the pressure from TMC\u2019s voter-fraud syndicate. The real disease killing Bengal\u2019s grassroots workers is 14 years of Trinamool hooliganism. Her demonic plot to rob real Bengalis of their rights and gift Bengal to Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators is collapsing. Mamata Banerjee is counting her last days as Chief Minister, and the entire state can smell her fear,” Malviya said.<\/p>\n

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Mamata Banerjee spews yet another POISONOUS LIE to shield her infiltrator empire from the Special Intensive Revision!\u2022In NDA-ruled Bihar, the same SIR happened with the same timeline, and zero suicides were reported. Why are BLOs dying only in Mamata\u2019s Bengal? Because in\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/TBOc8bRLOf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said Mamata Banerjee was blaming the ECI as her infiltrator-drioven voter base was collapsing due to the SIR. \u201cThe SIR has exposed thousands of illegal additions, clusters of voters with identical documents, Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators used as political capital. For 14 years, TMC protected this vote-bank through fear. Now that the ECI is cleaning it up, Mamata is panicking,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Mamata Banerjee is again blaming the Election Commission to protect her infiltrator-driven voter base that is collapsing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).The SIR has exposed:<\/p>\n

\u2022Thousands of illegal additions<\/p>\n

\u2022Clusters of voters with identical documents\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/wC1stK2PSe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pradeep Bhandari(\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0940\u092a \u092d\u0902\u0921\u093e\u0930\u0940)\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@pradip103) November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, the Congress also joined in the conversation over the \u201cpainful and shocking” death of the Jalpaiguri BLO and called the SIR a tool of \u201cvote theft” to manipulate electoral rolls. \u201cBLOs in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Kerala have also died by suicide. In every one of these tragedies, one thing is clear: the pressure created by the SIR exercise is driving people to their breaking point,” it said on X.<\/p>\n

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Painful and Shocking!A BLO, Shanti Muni ji from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, took her own life. Why? Because she was pushed beyond her limits with impossible deadlines and unbearable pressure to complete the SIR exercise.<\/p>\n

And this isn\u2019t an isolated case. BLOs in Rajasthan, Madhya\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Congress (@INCIndia) November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cSIR has become a tool for \u2018Vote Chori\u2019. Narendra Modi and the Election Commission have turned this exercise into a race, not to protect democracy, but to manipulate voters list. And Gyanesh Kumar is ready to sacrifice people just to prove loyalty to his boss MODI,” it alleged.<\/p>\n

What BLO\u2019s Family Alleged?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Shantimuni\u2019s<\/span> family alleged that she took the extreme step after weeks of mounting workload caused by the SIR. Her husband, <\/span>Sukh<\/span> Ekka, described a daily routine that had become \u201cmentally unbearable”. <\/span><\/p>\n

He said that after completing her regular <\/span>anganwadi<\/span> duties and household chores, <\/span>Shantimuni<\/span> would go out at night to collect documents and fill up forms for the revision work. \u201cThe forms are all in Bengali, but most people here speak Hindi. Mistakes were bound to happen. Every evening, people would come to our house. She couldn\u2019t handle the pressure,” he told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman had reportedly visited the block office seeking relief from the assignment but was told she had to continue as her name was on the list, her family claimed. Her death came days after another BLO, Namita <\/span>Hansda<\/span> of <\/span>Purba<\/span> Bardhaman<\/span>, died of a brain stroke after allegations of increased work pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, has sought a report from the district regarding the incident. Local MLA and Minister of State for Backwards Classes Welfare and Tribal Development, <\/span>Bulluchik<\/span> Baraik<\/span>, who met the bereaved family, said the SIR-related workload had created \u201cpanic” in the predominantly tribal belt. An investigation has been initiated into the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

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