बिहार के मुजफ्फरपुर जिले के काजी मुहम्‍मदपुर थाना क्षेत्र की शिक्षिका आशा मिंज, जिन्‍हें विशेष गहन पुनरीक्षण (special intensive revision) कार्य के दौरान बीएलओ (Booth level officer )  के रूप में नियुक्‍त किया गया था, की मौत ने महिला बीएलओ के मानसिक तनाव और अतिरिक्‍त कामकाज के संघर्ष बारे में कई सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं।

During elections, discussions about voters, election rallies, leaders and their speeches are everywhere. This is natural since elections revolve around these issues: who will voters vote for, where will the various leaders’ election rallies be held, whose rally attracted the largest crowds, who made the most populist promises? Every election is somehow intertwined with these questions. However, the voices of the officials working on the ground, including BLOs, are often drowned out by the noise.