Election Commission takes enormous measures to cease ballot violence in Bengal, transfers 5 senior cops

Two days forward of the primary part of polls within the all-important state of West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday transferred 5 officers in West Bengal who had been on election responsibility. Since the announcement of ballot dates and the mannequin of conduct kicked in, the EC has taken up the administration of all poll-bound states, together with West Bengal. As such, there may be not a lot which the TMC can do proper now to by some means make the atmosphere within the state conducive for itself. The TMC not being chargeable for the state police proper now has, significantly, began displaying its boon-like results for the individuals of Bengal.The individuals of West Bengal had been among the many only a few residents within the nation who exercised their proper to vote in a fearful and intimidating ambiance. The Election Commission, this time round, nonetheless, has made elaborate preparations to make sure that free and truthful polls are carried out within the Eastern state – which by the way in which, has a historical past of political violence, first underneath the decades-long rule of the Left after which underneath TMC.Speaking of the latest developments, the IPS and IAS officers who’ve been transferred by the EC are ADG West Zone Sanjay Singh, DEO Ayesha Rani, SP Diamond Harbour Avijit Banerjee, SP Coochbehar Dr Ok Kannan and DCP South Kolkata Sudhir Neelkantam. While District Election Officer of Jhargram, Ayesha Rani, will probably be hooked up to the workplace of Chief Secretary of West Bengal until the completion of the elections, the ballot physique has ordered that Dr Rajesh Kumar will take cost as ADG West Zone, Joyoshi Dasgupta will probably be posted as DEO Jhargram, Arijit Sinha as SP of Diamond Harbour, Debashish Dhar as SP of Cooch Behar and Akash Magharia as DC of South Kolkata Police.Read More: Mamata Banerjee might land in bother, as Election Commission will not be glad with the preliminary report relating to her accidentsThe EC order acknowledged that these officers will “not be given any election-related posts till the completion of polls.” Till yesterday, over 725 firms of central forces had been anticipated to reach in West Bengal for the aim of guaranteeing that the elections are held in a free and truthful method. This is the best variety of forces which have landed in Bengal for any election. The Election Commission is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that elections are free from any type of rigging. The fee has additionally appointed 209 common observers, 55 police observers and 85 expenditure observers for the meeting elections, to be held in eight phases.The last-minute reshuffling of senior cops reveals that the EC is appearing on last-minute inputs too, and never shying away from taking motion towards those that might purportedly perform their duties with a way of bias.