SIR in Bengal: ECI assures election officials of strong action against any security breach

Amid indications that the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will start after 15 October, the electoral officials in the state have received concrete assurance that the ECI will not remain silent in case of a single event of breach of security of any officer while conducting an on-field exercise for the revision.

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The assurance was given by a central team of ECI, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, at a meeting with the district-level electoral officers of East Midnapore, Jhargram and Bankura on Thursday. The booth-level officers (BLOs), considering that they would be mainly engaged in field exercise during the revision process, were specially assured on this count. The ECI's central team assured them that even a single breach of security of any electoral officer would be dealt with strongly, and it would be the West Bengal government's responsibility to ensure the safety of the officials, said an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).