The Noida administration has registered FIRs against over 60 booth-level officers (BLOs) and seven supervisors across three police stations for alleged negligence and disobedience during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich, two BLOs have been suspended for alleged negligence and a third has been booked based on a BJP leader’s complaint.

In Noida, the action was taken under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. On the orders of District Magistrate Medha Rupam, who is also the District Election Officer of Noida, the Sub-District Magistrates of three Noida assembly segments lodged FIRs naming the BLOs who have allegedly shown a lack of compliance.

The one-month enumeration phase for the SIR phase-II, ongoing

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