MALDA, March 31: District election officials are finding it difficult to requisition block livestock development officers (BLDOs) for polling duty because of an ongoing avian influenza awareness programme.
Following an order from the Supreme Court, the Election Commission had directed district election officials not to recruit BLDOs for election duty.
To meet the crisis of polling staff in different sectors, however, the block development officials approached BLDOs to take part in election duty despite the Supreme Court's ruling.
Some BLDOs did not turn up in response to the letter issued by the BDO to attend the block level meeting for election preparation. In Manikchak, the BDO has issued a show cause notice to the BLDO for not attending the meeting. The BLDO in Manikchak, Mr Chinmay Biswas replied promptly, pointing out his training programme for villagers regarding avian influenza. The district ARD officials said the BLDOs are not engaged in organising any programme comprising five villages in block levels. In Manikchak the ARD will organize the programme on 3 April.
The Malda SDO said that when the EC has sent its instructions the BLDOs will be exempted in special cases.n SNS
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