Mamata Vs CEC ahead of Bengal Polls: What law says on Election Commission’s power to transfer officers

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote another strongly worded letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, expressing “deep shock” at the poll panel’s functioning. The letter came hours after the TMC chief attacked the poll panel for ‘overnight’ transfers of top bureaucrats and IPS officers in the poll-bound state. In the letter, her…

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Singur again a focal point for West Bengal polls? PM Modi to launch ₹830 crores worth of projects today

With polls approaching in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday is set to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for multiple infrastructure projects worth ₹830 crore in Singur. Modi’s visit to Singur comes after the Prime Minister on Saturday visited Malda, where he lashed out at the TMC government for its “politics of…

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