Training for BLOs on SIR begins across Bengal; demand grows for ‘heightened security’

A section of booth-level officers (BLOs), tasked with carrying out door-to-door verification for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, during a training session at Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha auditorium demanded clarity on attendance issues for their regular government duties and on security measures being taken for their safety during the SIR exercise.

Training programmes for BLOs began across the State on Saturday (November 1, 2025) and will conclude within November 3, a day before BLOs are expected to venture out for door-to-door visits for elector verification for SIR. Roughly 80,000 BLOs across West Bengal are expected to get trained on how to carry out door-to-door visits, fill emuneration forms, operate the mobile application for BLOs, utilise the BLO kit and coordinate with political party-appointed booth level agents (BLAs) for SIR.