J’khand villagers told to lock BLOs during home visit

MUMBAI Jharkhand Health Minister Dr Irfan Ansari on Sunday sparked a political storm after he urged people to “lock” Booth Level Officers (BLOs) inside their homes if they arrived to conduct the SIR. Addressing residents at the “Seva Ke Adhikar Saptah” programme in Jamtara, Ansari alleged that the process was being misused to strike genuine voters off the rolls.

- MUKESH RANJAN @Ranchi

“If anybody (BLO) comes to remove your name (SIR) from the voter list, lock them inside your house... I will come and open the lock. Never allow them at any cost to remove your name from the voter list,” he said asking people to resist SIR “strongly”. Ansari accused the BJP of conspiring to brand people as “infiltrators” and eliminate their names under the guise of SIR. He claimed that near