Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) The West Bengal BJP unit, on Friday, complained to the office of State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, accusing that a section of the block development officers (BDOs) in the state are putting pressure on their subordinate staff appointed as booth-level officers (BLOs) to withdraw from the election duties allotted to them by the Election Commission of India (ECI).

In the letter to the CEO, the state BJP leaders have claimed that certain BDOs had been making phone calls to the proposed permanent state government employees, who have been appointed as BLOs, pressurising them to write letters expressing unwillingness to perform duties as BLOs.

“This is being done with the active support of their superior officers. Such actions directly undermine the

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