Kolkata, Nov 12 (PTI) The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of amending the rules of appointing booth level agents (BLA) amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to help the opposition BJP which “lacks workers at ground levels” While the SIR is already on and the door-to-door revision of voters slated to continue for a month, the rule was suddenly modified to suit the BJP’s interests, senior TMC MP and lawyer Kalyan Bandyopadhyay said at a press conference.

“Many of our workers are engaged in SIR work, but we have observed that the BJP doesn’t seem to have any worker active in the field. The CPI(M) still has a few, but their presence is negligible. Meanwhile, on November 11, the criteria for BLA appointment were modified,” he sa

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