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TMC pressuring BLOs to include incorrect voters: BJP

As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls enters a crucial phase in West Bengal, a political storm has erupted with the state BJP accusing the ruling Trinamul Congress of manipulating the process, even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for imposing “inhuman pressure” on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) following the suicide of a poll worker in Jalpaiguri.

Guv welcomes SC view on separation of powers

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s recent opinion that courts cannot prescribe timelines for the President or Governors to grant assent to Bills passed by State legislatures, describing the advisory as a reaffirmation of the Constitution’s core principle of separation of powers.