A heated war of words broke out between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Election Commission for the death of a booth level officer (BLO) in Jalpaiguri over alleged pressure related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The deceased, identified as 48-year-old Shantimuni Orao, an anganwadi worker serving as the BLO for booth number 20/101 under Rangamati gram panchayat, was found hanging from a tree near her home in the New Glencoe tea garden area early in the morning, according to police. Her family alleged she died by suicide after weeks of mounting stress caused by the SIR drive.

“Today again, we lost a Booth Level Officer in Mal, Jalpaiguri — Smt Shanti Muni Ekka, a triba

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