Hyderabad ( Telangana ) [India], December 5 (ANI): Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Friday held the central government equally responsible, along with the Election Department, for the deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) facing extreme pressure during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Rao demanded immediate ex-gratia payments and a government job for one family member of each deceased BLO.

Speaking to ANI, Rao said, "If people are dying due to voter stress , the central government is equally responsible for it. They have to look after their families... Many people are suffering, and the government is putting pressure on to speed things up. Investigations, visiting every home, people are dying under that pressure. I would request the central

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