As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, more than 84 lakh enumeration forms were distributed across the state till 4 pm on Wednesday, an official of the Election Commission said. The month-long exercise began in the state on Tuesday.

“Yesterday, there were no untoward incidents reported from anywhere in the state. If any resistance is reported against a BLO, we immediately instruct the district electoral officers (DEOs) to investigate,” the official said.

As part of the process, 80,681 BLOs have been deployed across the 294 Assembly constituencies. Around 7.66 crore enumeration forms have so far been prepared, and each voter will receive two copies, the EC official said.

As per the guidelines for the SIR, BLO would countersign both forms. The o

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