Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 17 -- Amid the protests over the death of a BLO in Kannur, Kerala General Education Minister V Shivankutty noted that the difficulties involved in conducting the Special Revision of electoral rolls are "enormous" and accused the Union government and Election Commission of taking an "arrogant stance"

"The workload on BLOs and the practical difficulties involved in conducting the SIR are enormous. Kerala has never before witnessed a voter list revision of this scale. Considering all these factors, the CPM and the state government had clearly stated that the revision should be postponed during the period of local body elections. But the Union Government and the Election Commission refused to defer it and adopted an ...