In the recently concluded SIR exercise in Bihar, as many as 90,712 BLOs travelled perilous roads and rivers, withstanding heat, dust, rain, visiting an incredible 15.1 million households, screening 79.1 million voters, and all within 30 days.
Not a single BLO suicide occurred.
Irrespective of what one thinks of PM Oli's regime or his future, the same toolkit gets used suspiciously often in the neighbourhood. We saw similar use of students as fodder in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc. We saw something similar in Indonesia just last week but it petered out. So, it does raise the question of how "organic" these things are.
BREAKING:
Federation Of Western Cine Employees writes against the illegal ban of #TheBengalFiles by Bengal government.
“We appeal to all theatre owners in West Bengal to immediately begin screening "Bengal Files"… and appeal to all the Producer bodies to raise objections against this illegal ban.”
URGENT: An open appeal to Hon’ble CM @MamataOfficial. Please listen till the end and share widely as your protest against banning of a film on Hindu Genocide.
#TheBengalFiles
In cinemas 05 September 2025
The Bengal govt has cancelled an event featuring @Javedakhtarjadu after Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind objected claiming Akhtar repeatedly speaks against Islam. The fear is such that even Akhtar has not dared to criticise @MamataOfficial. This is what real Democracy feels like.
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