India, Nov. 24 -- Political mud-slinging intensified over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls even as Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Sunday demanded that criminal prosecution should be initiated against Bengal Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari for publicly threatening the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in SIR, forcing them to commit suicide.

Launching a scathing attack against Adhikari for pushing the BLOs to the brink, he said, "None but the Election Commission of India and Suvendu Adhikari are responsible for the BLOs who are committing suicide. Criminal proceedings should be initiated against Adhikari because of his threats issued to the BLOs."

His point of reference were two successive suicides co...