Overview
- Police in Nadia said a suicide note was recovered after BLO Rinku Tarafdar was found dead, with the document blaming the Election Commission; a postmortem and administrative probe are pending and the state CEO has asked the district for a report.
- West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said the case will be examined in detail, urged against knee‑jerk reactions, called for dialogue between the state and the ECI, and signalled a border visit for a reality check.
- The Trinamool Congress alleges the SIR timeline is inhuman, training is inadequate and voter names are being deleted, demands the exercise be halted, and cites a contested death toll exceeding 30 in the state.
- The BJP rejects the accusations, claims the TMC is obstructing roll clean‑up and pressuring BLOs, questions the authenticity of the Nadia note, and faults the state for not deploying data entry operators or clearing payments.
- Congress leaders amplified a media count of 16 BLO deaths across multiple states, while election officials described Phase‑2 as on a relaxed schedule compared with Bihar, reported steady digitisation rates, and cautioned that causes of death and any note must be forensically verified.