NEW DELHI: The Election Fee on Friday wrote to the West Bengal DGP and Kolkata police commissioner directing them to guard the sales space degree officers (BLOs) engaged in particular intensive revision within the state, “from unruly political social gathering employees” who could also be pressurizing and threatening them so as to add or delete sure electors from the roll.The communication adopted EC’s assembly with a Trinamool Congress delegation right here, throughout which chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar emphasised that the “stress” confronted by BLOs was not account of calls for of SIR-related work, however because of the undue affect and threats they face every day by the hands of social gathering employees, significantly from All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) to not suggest the deletion of lifeless, shifted and duplicate voters from the roll. EC additionally requested the Kolkata CP to shift the workplace of the state chief electoral officer (CEO) to a safer location in view of the current safety breach, whereas guaranteeing safety of the present workplace.In a point-by-point rebuttal of the “baseless allegations” and “unfounded apprehensions” expressed by the AITC delegation, the CEC defined how SIR course of can’t be the believable purpose for stress confronted by BLOs, since they’re merely required to distribute and accumulate the enumeration kinds (EFs), not like SIR in Bihar the place paperwork too had been collected. Even when the electors can’t be mapped by the BLOs, they will merely have EF signed by the elector and accumulate it. Such electors will get a discover after the draft roll is printed and may show their eligibility by submitting paperwork. CEC underlined that as per Article 326 of the Structure, solely Indian residents can vote and never foreigners. Involved for BLOs who’re torn between doing their responsibility and dealing with fixed threats from native social gathering employees, EC on Friday informed the Bengal DGP and Kolkata CP to deploy state armed police personnel for his or her safety. If want be, the EC will take into account using Central forces too. EC on Friday additionally objected to non-disbursal of the improved honorarium to BLOs by the Bengal authorities and directed it to take action directly. Kumar on Friday bluntly informed the AITC delegation to make sure that their social gathering employees chorus from interfering with the unbiased functioning of all poll-related officers together with BLOs. The social gathering was informed that it’ll get ample alternative to hunt additions or deletions, first in the course of the claims and objections interval after the draft roll is printed after which on the enchantment stage following publication of the ultimate roll.Ignoring AITC’s reservations, EC on Friday additionally directed all district election officers (DEOs) to arrange polling stations in slums, high-rises and gated residential colonies, as is being accomplished in different states/UTs as per its directions. Failure to conform could invite strict motion, mentioned a supply.Reminding the AITC delegation that preparation of electoral roll and conduct of elections is as per the Structure and electoral legal guidelines, EC requested the social gathering to abide by the identical. The CEC mentioned that whereas political rhetoric could also be their prerogative, AITC members ought to chorus from spreading misinformation regarding election procedures.