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NEW DELHI: After the Election Commission (EC) ordered large transfers of apical bureaucrats successful West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress protested by walking retired of the Rajya Sabha connected Monday.
This happened portion voting was nether mode for 37 Rajya Sabha seats crossed 10 states.The EC, successful a missive dated March 15, announced the transportation of West Bengal’s main caput and main caput of location and elevation Affairs. The canvass sheet said the changes were made aft reviewing the state’s preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections.TMC MPs, including Sagarika Ghose, slammed the EC, saying, “The mode successful which the Election Commission transferred the Bengal Home Secretary and Chief Secretary astatine 4 americium successful the dormant of nighttime is unacceptable.
The Election Commission has these powers, but it is misusing them to harm the elected authorities successful Bengal. That’s wherefore our enactment walked retired of Parliament for the full day.”Parliamentary affairs curate Kiren Rijiju defended the EC, saying it has the “constitutional authority” to marque specified transfers and criticized TMC for raising the contented successful Parliament.
Who was transferred
The EC removed 2 apical officials from Mamata Banerjee’s administration:
- Chief secretary: Nandini Chakravorty was removed and replaced by Dushyant Nariala (IAS-1993 batch)
- Principal Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs: Jagdish Prasad Meena was replaced by Sanghamitra Ghosh (IAS-1997 batch)
Other cardinal postings include:
- DG and IGP, West Bengal: Siddh Nath Gupta (IPS-1992)
- DG, Correctional Services: Nataraj Ramesh Babu (IPS-1991)
- ADG and IGP, Law and Order: Ajay Mukand Ranade (IPS-1995)
- Kolkata Police Commissioner: Ajay Kumar Nand (IPS-1996)
The EC’s letter, signed by caput Sujeet Kumar Mishra, said these directions are effectual immediately.
The transferred officers volition not beryllium posted successful immoderate election-related enactment until the elections are over. Compliance reports are expected by 3 p.m. connected March 16.The reshuffle comes aft the EC announced the predetermination docket for 4 states—West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam—and 1 Union Territory, Puducherry. The West Bengal assembly polls volition beryllium held successful 2 phases connected April 23 and April 29, with counting connected May 4.The determination is seen arsenic an effort to guarantee administrative neutrality during the elections, particularly aft TMC’s repeated disapproval of the EC implicit the ongoing Special Summary Revision workout successful the state.
