A section of the teaching staff in state-run schools in West Bengal, who have been selected as booth-level officers (BLOs) for the special intensive revision (SIR) in the state, on Saturday, held protests in Kolkata over three-point demands for participation in the electoral revision exercise.

The first phase of the three-stage SIR in West Bengal will start from November 4.

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The roles of the BLOs are most crucial in the first phase of SIR, considering that in that phase they will be reaching every doorstep with enumeration forms.

The first demand of the protesting BLOs was that there should be a written circular from the either the Election Commission of India (ECI) or from the office of West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) that they will not have to attend their teac

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