Kolkata: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls.

The month-long house-to-house enumeration process, which will continue till December 4, began on a largely peaceful note with BLOs delivering forms and explaining procedures to voters.

However, the rollout was not without hiccups: a technical glitch disrupted the online distribution of forms on the first day, while hundreds of school teachers engaged as BLOs struggled to balance election duties with their regular classes.

While the BJP has welcomed the SIR as a step towards ensuring greater transparency in the elec

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