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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‘Anti-women, anti-Bengal’: Mamata Banerjee slams BJP, Election Commission over officer transfers before assembly polls

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the Election Commission for transferring top state bureaucrats and police officers shortly after announcing the assembly polls. Banerjee, the Trinamool chief, branded the EC and the ruling BJP as “anti-women and anti-Bengal”. Speaking at a rally at Dorina crossing in central Kolkata following a march to…

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