West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: Hours after the announcement of assembly election dates in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed state Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and Home Secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena. Dushyant Nariyala has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary in place of Nandini Chakraborty, while Sangamitra Ghosh has been posted as the new Home Secretary. Additionally, the Commission also directly suspended seven AERO officials.
Know who got the responsibility
ECI said in a letter that 1993 batch IAS officer Dushyant Nariyala has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Whereas 1997 batch IAS officer Sangamitra Ghosh has been posted as the Principal Secretary of Home and Hill Affairs of West Bengal.
The Election Commission has directed that these orders should be implemented immediately and the report regarding the involvement of these officers should be sent by 3 pm on March 16 (Monday). The Commission also said that the officers who have been transferred will not be posted on any election-related post until the elections are completely completed.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh gave a big statement
On the announcement of election dates in 5 states/UTs, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said, “The Election Commission is confident that the elections will be held peacefully. We are also hopeful of peaceful elections because the Election Commission has been doing good work since the time of SIR. Whether the elections are held once or 10 times, we will fight and win but if the election process goes on for a long time, it leads to expenses and also puts pressure on the officers and employees. Because of the security arrangements, the elections last so long. If security is available then the elections are not so long. It will do. They (TMC) change the officials they don’t trust, but we want to change the entire government.”
