NEW DELHI: Describing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal as “unplanned, chaotic, and dangerous,” chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the situation had reached an “alarming stage” following the deaths of multiple booth-level officers (BLOs), including an anganwadi worker in Jalpaiguri. In a letter addressed to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Banerjee said she had “time and again flagged my serious concerns” but had now been “compelled to write” as the situation had deteriorated sharply. Also read: BLO found hanging, husband blames SIR stress, files FIR She wrote that the manner in which the EC had pushed the SIR onto officials and residents was “not only unplanned and chaotic, but also dangerous”, alleging the absence of basic preparedness, clear com

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