On this Special Report, the focus is on the escalating 'SIR showdown' and the tragic death of Booth Level Officer (BLO) Sarvesh Singh in Moradabad. The programme highlights the immense pressure on ground-level staff due to the targets set for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A suicide note left by the deceased reportedly cites severe anxiety and an inability to meet these impossible targets. Opposition leaders have united to demand an urgent debate in Parliament, terming the incident a 'crisis' rather than political drama. The report further explores the political fallout, with demands for significant compensation and government jobs for the families of poll workers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
00:00The SIR showdown is clearly heating up and the pressure on ground-level staff is now turning deadly.
00:07These are the survey numbers, the targets and, as the opposition puts it, the impossible burden placed on the frontline workers.
00:15And that pressure may have claimed another life.
00:18In Muradabad, a booth-level officer, Sarvesh Singh, has died by suicide.
00:22His family says he would break down under the weight of SIR targets.
00:27And this video, now widely shared, shows him in tears.
00:32And his suicide note lays out the fear and the pressure clearly.
00:36He said that he is working night and day and unable to meet targets, highlighting anxiety in his two-page long suicide note.
00:44The note is now at the centre of a political firestorm.
00:47The opposition says this is not drama.
00:50It is a crisis.
00:51They are demanding an urgent debate in Parliament, asking how many more BLOs or booth-level officers have to suffer before the government responds.
01:00It is not one party, two party, four party.
01:07It is the decision of all opposition floor leaders.
01:14We have, together we have taken decisions.
01:17In the morning, in my chamber, we met, all opposition party leaders met, discussed,
01:25and we should take this SIR matter first, and otherwise, we all will have to protest against this.
01:36That's why I request the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, don't divide us.
01:43If you try to divide us, we will be more strong.
01:51And this is a cheap, SIR, cheap gimmick.
01:56They are doing it.
01:58You can't divide us, because we have come with ideological background.
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