The Trinamool Congress on Monday demanded that Booth Level Agents (BLA) be allowed inside special intensive revision (SIR) related hearings happening in West Bengal for the last two days.
Trinamool MLA Asit Majumdar stopped hearings at Chinsurah over the issue. Bharatiya Janta Party leadership called for an FIR against Mr Majumdar.
“They will not let BLAs stay in hearings, but they are not giving it in writing, that is why I stopped the hearing,” Mr. Majumdar was seen saying on Monday. He said the BLAs should be present in the hearing process so they can make note of why voters were removed from the list and maintain transparency in the process.
However, the hearings at Chinsurah resumed later in the day, though no resolution was reached over the inclusion of BLAs.
Like Chinsurah, a similar situation unfolded in Bardhaman, where Trinamool workers and BLAs held protests at the Sub-Divisional Officer’s office and asked to be included in the hearing. Similar instances were reported from places like Magrahath, and Medinipur where Trinamool workers demanded to be included in the hearing process.
