Booth level officers in Kerala are set to boycott their duties on Monday following the suspected suicide of a BLO in Payyannur constituency in Kannur district.

The deceased identified as Aneesh George allegedly took his life due to high stress over work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.

According to the Council of State Government Employees & Teachers, the Election Commission is responsible for the suicide of Aneesh George, an office attendant at Kunnaru AUP School, as BLOs are under severe pressure due to the intense voter list revision process. The additional burden of local body election duties has further increased their stress.

The statement noted that despite calls from all political parties and service organisations to postpone the S

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