New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday raised sharp questions over the deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging disproportionate outrage over infiltration claims while official workers were allegedly dying under pressure.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Sibal wrote, "SIR. Yet another suicide by a Bengal BLO. Total pan-India - 33. If one alleged 'ghuspetia' (infiltrator). That's not OK. If 33 BLO's die. Is that Ok?"

Sibal's post comes amid escalating political controversy in West Bengal, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier accused the BJP-led Centre of using the SIR process to destabilise opposition-ruled ...