India, Nov. 16 -- West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for failing Block Level Officers (BLOs) at the forefront of the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the electoral roll, even as the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused it of spreading panic.

BJP leader and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, who visited a voter assistance booth at Balurghat in his Lok Sabha constituency of South Dinajpur, said the TMC has spread baseless panic among people that those excluded from the electoral roll will be declared undocumented immigrants. "Genuine citizens will never be affected," Majumdar said.

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh cited the inconvenience BLOs have been complaining abou...