Election Commission Removes Officers From 8 Kolkata Constituencies For Alleged Bias

Bengal Election 2021: New officials have already been appointed in the Chowringhee, Entally, Bhowanipur, Beliaghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Kashipur-Belgachia and Kolkata Port assembly segments, an Election Commission official said.

The Election Commission has removed returning officers of eight constituencies in Kolkata which will go to the polls in the last two phases of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 26 and 29, an official said today. New officials have already been appointed in the Chowringhee, Entally, Bhowanipur, Beliaghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Kashipur-Belgachia and Kolkata Port assembly segments, he said. Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab described the transfer of the eight returning officers "as a routine move since they had held their posts for more than three years". Sources in the Election Commission told news agency Press Trust of India that complaints were received against the officers for allegedly favouring the ruling Trinamool Congress.