New Delhi, Nov. 28 -- Amid mounting concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, a 10-member delegation from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien, met the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday to raise serious allegations against the poll panel's handling of the process.
The delegation, which included prominent TMC MPs such as Satabdi Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Mahua Moitra, and others, confronted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over what they termed an "unplanned and dangerous" SIR exercise, which they claim has directly contributed to the deaths of dozens of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) involved in the verification process.
"We told hi...