The Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala have decided to boycott work related to the exercise on Monday. The decision comes following the suicide of a BLO, owing to the work pressure related to SIR on Sunday.

The boycott was announced by the Action Council of State Government Employees and Teachers, the Joint Committee of Teacher Service Organisations, and the Kerala NGO Association. The trade unions announced they will boycott work on November 17. The government employees have reportedly also planned to take out protest marches to district collectorates and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Kerala.

Aneesh George, 44, a BLO in Kannur, Kerala, was found hanging in his house on Sunday. Family members and people clos

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