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The IPS officers were transferred arsenic ordered by the Election Commission of India.
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Tuesday ordered the transportation of 19 elder constabulary officers successful West Bengal, marking the 3rd consecutive time of specified reshuffles successful the poll-bound state.The canvass assemblage replaced the ADG/IGPs of the southbound and northbound Bengal regions, the constabulary commissioners of Howrah, Barrackpore, Chandannagar, and Asansol-Durgapur, arsenic good arsenic the superintendents of constabulary (SPs) and lawman commissioners (DCs) crossed 13 districts.The archetypal circular of transfers was implemented conscionable hours aft the ECI announced the assembly predetermination docket connected Sunday for 4 states, including West Bengal, and the Union territory of Puducherry. West Bengal main caput Nandini Chakraborty was removed precocious connected Sunday nighttime on with main caput (Home) Jagdish Prasad Meena. The Election Commission appointed IAS serviceman Dushyant Nariala of the 1993 batch arsenic the caller main caput and IAS serviceman Sanghamitra Ghosh of the 1997 batch arsenic main secretary, Home and Hill Affairs.
The 2nd circular of transfers took spot connected Monday day wrong the elder ranks of the West Bengal police. DGP Peeyush Pandey was replaced by 1992-batch IPS serviceman Siddh Nath Gupta, portion Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar was succeeded by Ajay Kumar Nand, an IPS serviceman of the 1996 batch.The Election Commission besides reshuffled the cardinal station of ADG and IGP, Law and Order—responsible for managing governmental clashes, controlling violence, and overseeing information deployment during elections—appointing 1995-batch IPS serviceman Ajay Mukund Ranade successful spot of the incumbent.
Additionally, 1991-batch IPS serviceman Natarajan Ramesh Babu was posted arsenic DG, Correctional Services. All officers transferred person been barred from taking immoderate poll-related assignments until the decision of the assembly elections successful the state.The transfers drew crisp disapproval from the Trinamool Congress successful Parliament. TMC MP Derek O’Brien announced a day-long walkout by enactment MPs from the Rajya Sabha to protestation what helium called “transfers made by the EC successful the mediate of the night.”
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, however, emphasized that the canvass sheet was exercising its law mandate and accused the TMC of routinely attacking law bodies.In past West Bengal elections, the EC has likewise reshuffled constabulary leadership: during the 2021 assembly polls, DGP Virendra was replaced by P. Nirajnayan, portion successful the 2024 elections, DGP Rajeev Kumar—recently fixed a Rajya Sabha spot by the Trinamool—was replaced by Vivek Sahay, who was past succeeded by Sanjoy Mukherjee the precise adjacent day.The ECI derives its authorization to transportation officers straight progressive successful elections from Article 324 of the Constitution, which vests it with the powerfulness of "superintendence, direction, and control" implicit the full canvass machinery successful a authorities oregon Union territory during elections.All 294 assembly constituencies successful West Bengal volition beryllium held successful 2 phases - April 23 and 29 - with voting for 152 and 142 seats respectively. The counting volition beryllium held connected May 4.
