KOLKATA: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) having started the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the two main opposition parties in the state, the BJP and CPI(M), are ahead of the ruling Trinamool Congress in appointments of booth-level agents (BLAs).
As per statistics available with the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the total number of BLAs appointed by the BJP and CPI(M) is 24, 858 and 18, 706, respectively.
On the other hand, sources in the CEO's office said that, till that period, the total number of BLAs appointed by Trinamool Congress was just 13, 526. Congress is in the distant fourth position, appointing just 5, 797 BLAs till that period.