Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Friday alleged inconsistency between the chief election commissioner’s (CEC) recent remarks and the written instructions issued to booth level officers (BLOs) for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

In a letter to the state’s chief electoral officer (CEO), the party claimed that the matter has caused \"widespread confusion and operational paralysis\" among BLOs across several districts.

The TMC alleged that while CEC Gyanesh Kumar, during a press conference on October 27, had said that blood relatives such as uncles could be mentioned in SIR forms, the written instructions and software interface restrict the permissible ‘relative’ category to parents and grandparents only.

In a letter to the CEO, TMC leader a

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