In a strongly-worded letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state "dangerous". Banerjee's letter comes in the backdrop of the alleged suicide of a Booth-Level Officer owing to work pressure.

The Trinamool Congress leader alleged the SIR is being conducted in an "unplanned and coercive manner, putting citizens and officials at risk".

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar - "...I am compelled to write to you as the situation surrounding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has reached a deeply alarming stage. The manner in which this exercise is being forced upon officials and… pic.twitter.com/n02aQ24eS3 — ANI (@ANI) Nove

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