EC transfers 8 Election officers from Kolkata space as they’d ‘good’ relations with TMC leaders

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday transferred eight Returning Officers (RO) to the eight meeting seats of Kolkata for the ultimate two phases of the election slated to be held on April 26 and 29, after stories emerged that the officers have been allegedly in cahoots with the TMC leaders.The ROs of Chowringhee, Entally, Beliaghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Kashipur-Belgachia, Kolkata Port and Bhowanipore have been changed, whereas the EC claimed it was a routine switch. According to One India report, sources within the ballot panel stated complaints have been obtained in opposition to the officers for allegedly favouring the ruling TMC and lending favours to them.While the eight officers have been designated for duties within the penultimate and closing section of the polling, EC took one other choice on Wednesday the place three electoral officers have been transferred to non-election posts for the upcoming section.The fee wrote to the chief secretary of the state stating that district election officers (DEOs) of Dakshin Dinajpur Nikhil Nirmal, Purba Bardhaman Enaur Rahman and Paschim Bardhman Purnendu Kumar Majhi are being transferred with “immediate effect.”According to media stories, the EC in its official communication talked about that the three officers “shall not be given any election-related posting” and their becoming a member of report (on the new place of posting) needs to be intimated to it by Thursday 10 am. Some sources have claimed that these officers have been additionally changed due to their alleged connection to the ruling get together of the state.The EC officers making a mattress with TMC leaders will not be a brand new phenomenon. Reported beforehand by TFI, an evening earlier than the third section of elections, 4 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and 4 Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) have been discovered at TMC chief Gautam Ghosh’s home in Uluberia North constituency.Read extra: Frustrated by the drubbing obtained in first two phases, TMC resorts to EVM capturing forward of the third sectionTapan Sarkar, an EC sector official was accused of delivering the machines to the MLAs home. However, after being caught red-handed by the villagers, the sector officer claimed that he reached the polling sales space late within the night time and by that point, the central forces had slept off. Not being allowed entry inside, the officer claimed to have gone to a relative’s home which conveniently occurred to be Gautam Ghosh — the TMC MLA.However, the EC didn’t purchase any of the sector officer’s hogwash as he was instantly suspended. “Tapan Sarkar, sector officer of Sector 17 in AC 177 Uluberia Uttar at Howrah district, went with Reserve EVM and slept at a relative’s house. This is a gross violation of EC’s instructions for which he has been suspended and charges will be framed for major punishment,” the EC stated.Read extra: Election Commission destroys Mamata’s allegations about Central forces not permitting folks to voteMamata Banerjee has sensed {that a} defeat is imminent and thus her get together has allegedly began milking its contacts to full impact to rig the upcoming phases of the election. However, an alert EC, which thus far has not allowed an inch to Mamata and referred to as out her lies repeatedly will not be taking place gently and ensuring that compromised officers are taken out of the image altogether.