NEW DELHI: The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the switch of 19 senior law enforcement officials in West Bengal, marking the third consecutive day of such reshuffles within the poll-bound state.The ballot physique changed the ADG/IGPs of the south and north Bengal areas, the police commissioners of Howrah, Barrackpore, Chandannagar, and Asansol-Durgapur, in addition to 12 superintendents of police (SPs) and a deputy commissioner (DC) throughout 13 districts.
The primary spherical of transfers was carried out within the state’s prime paperwork simply hours after the ECI introduced the meeting election schedule on Sunday for 4 states, together with West Bengal, and the Union territory of Puducherry.The second spherical of transfers occurred on Monday afternoon inside the senior ranks of the West Bengal Police. The ECI is empowered to switch officers immediately concerned in elections below Article 324 of the Structure. Below it, the ballot physique has the facility of “superintendence, route, and management” over the complete ballot equipment in a state or Union territory throughout elections.Nonetheless, the transfers drew sharp criticism in Parliament from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which governs West Bengal. TMC MP Derek O’Brien introduced a day-long walkout by occasion MPs from the Rajya Sabha to protest what he referred to as “transfers made by the ECI in the midst of the night time.” Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, nonetheless, emphasised that the ballot panel was exercising its constitutional mandate and accused the TMC of “routinely attacking constitutional our bodies.“All 294 meeting constituencies in West Bengal can be held in two phases – April 23 and 29 – with voting for 152 and 142 seats, respectively. The counting can be held on Could 4.
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