Would Ensure Peace In Assembly Polls: New Poll Body Chief

Sushil Chandra was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday, the day Sunil Arora left office.

Sushil Chandra, who assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, said he would like to ensure that the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal are held in a very peaceful and fair manner so that voters in even the vulnerable areas can cast their votes without any fear. Mr Chandra was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner on Monday, the day Sunil Arora left office. "I would like to ensure that the elections (in the remaining phases in West Bengal) should be held in a very peaceful and very, very free and fair manner so that voters even in the vulnerable areas can cast their votes without any fear," Mr Chandra told PTI after assuming charge as CEC. The high-octane assembly election campaign in West Bengal, where the BJP and the Trinamool Congress have unleashed a no-holds-barred attack against each other, has seen the Election Commission clamping down on leaders of both parties for their objectionable utterances.