Did Mamata Banerjee Personally Receive SIR Enumeration Form from BLO? Bengal CM Clarifies on Facebook

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has dismissed reports that she personally received any enumeration forms distributed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to update electoral roll data as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Mamata refuted reports claiming she accepted the forms at her residence in person, terming them “completely false, misleading, and a deliberate attempt at spreading misinformation.”The Chief Minister’s clarification came after several media reports, including Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla', reported that she had received enumeration forms from the local Booth Level Officer (BLO).Mamata Banerjee took to Facebook to issue a clarification over reports suggesting that she had accepted the enumeration forms.The

Chief Minister wrote on Facebook, "A BLO had come to our area yesterday in discharge of his electoral duties. He came to the office at my residence, enquired about the number of voters in the premises, and handed over forms.""A section of the media has reported that I came out of my residence and accepted the enumeration forms personally. This information is completely false, misleading, and a deliberate attempt at spreading misinformation," Mamata Banerjee stated.

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SIR in West Bengal | What We Know So Far

As part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, more than 1.10 crore enumeration forms were distributed across the state till 8 pm on Wednesday, an official said.The month-long exercise began on Tuesday and will continue till December 4."More than 1.10 crore enumeration forms were distributed by booth-level officers (BLOs) till 8 pm pm on Wednesday," an official of the Election Commission said."Yesterday, there were no untoward incidents reported from anywhere in the state. If any resistance is reported against a BLO, we immediately instruct the district electoral officers (DEOs) to investigate," the official said.As part of the process, 80,681 BLOs have been deployed across the 294 assembly constituencies.Around 7.66 crore enumeration forms have so far been prepared, and each voter will receive two copies, the EC official said.According to the guidelines for the SIR process, BLO would countersign both forms. The officer would retain one filled-up form for the Election Commission and return the second with a stamped acknowledgement, which may be required for future reference.The SIR is being conducted in West Bengal after a gap of 23 years. The last such revision of voters' lists was held in the state in 2002.With inputs from PTI