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NEW DELHI: After the EC announced a pan-India SIR, including West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee authorities went for 1 of the biggest one-day shake-up transferring implicit 500 bureaucrats.
Though dated October 24, the transportation orders were uploaded successful phases connected the department’s website some earlier and aft the Election Commission announced the SIR.Transfer orders for 61 IAS and 145 WBCS (Executive) officers were uploaded successful the archetypal fractional of the day, followed by postings of six IAS and 315 WBCS officers appearing online soon aft the EC’s briefing.The officers volition service arsenic cardinal functionaries successful the SIR exercise, and erstwhile the docket is notified, immoderate further transfers by the authorities would necessitate EC approval, PTI reported citing an official.The SIR volition tally from November 4 to December 4, with draught electoral rolls slated for merchandise connected December 9 and the last database acceptable to beryllium published connected February 7.
'CM Mamata sensing trouble': BJP; TMC hits back
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) questioned the timing of the transfers calling the "last-minute bulk transfers" an effort to "disturb the process (SIR)"."CM Mamata Banerjee is sensing occupation for her enactment erstwhile this workout is successfully completed and a ample fig of fake voters are deleted from the electoral rolls.
She is, hence, trying everything successful her manus to disturb the process by making specified last-minute bulk transfers," BJP person Sajal Ghosh alleged.TMC rubbished the allegations saying it was a "routine measure". "Such transfers instrumentality spot successful the authorities arsenic a regular measurement crossed the year. There's nary crushed wherefore 1 should gully a transportation betwixt this and the SIR announcement. This is absorption for opposition's sake," TMC IT compartment caput Debangshu Bhattacharya said.
Key transfers
Among those shifted were 14 territory magistrates, respective peculiar secretaries, OSDs, and a ample fig of ADMs and SDOs crossed some IAS and WBCS cadres. HIDCO MD Shashank Sethi has taken complaint arsenic DM of North 24 Parganas, with Murshidabad DM Rajarshi Mitra moving to his position. KMC commissioner Dhaval Jain has been posted arsenic DM of Birbhum, portion Sumit Gupta from South 24 Parganas replaces him. Haldia Development Authority CEO Kontam Sudhir has been appointed DM of Purulia. Science and exertion section caput Godala Kiran Kumar volition present service arsenic divisional commissioner of Medinipur, and Panchayat & agrarian improvement peculiar caput Kuhuk Bhushan has been named DM of Kalimpong. New DMs person besides been assigned to Cooch Behar, Murshidabad, Darjeeling, Malda, Jhargram, Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Hooghly, and Dakshin Dinajpur.
