New Delhi, Apr 23 (PTI) Former law minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission, accusing it of carrying out an “experiment in disenfranchisement” in West Bengal and asked “why have an election”. The Rajya Sabha MP also took a swipe at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying he must
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Kolkata (PTI): Hours after the Election Commission ordered the removal of DGP Peeyush Pandey and Kolkata Police commissioner Supratim Sarkar, the West Bengal government on Monday issued a notification transferring and posting several senior IPS officers, including the two, with immediate effect. Pandey has been posted as director (security), while Sarkar has been appointed additional
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Kolkata, Feb 18 (PTI) Hitting out at the Election Commission, senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that poll officials were continuing to flout Supreme Court directives by issuing directions to their subordinates through WhatsApp during the SIR exercise in West Bengal. Sharing purported screenshots of a WhatsApp group chat on X, Banerjee said
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New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission alleging mass deletion of names of eligible voters from the electoral rolls by BJP members through the “misuse” of Form 7 during the SIR process across several states and demanded registration of FIRs against them. In a letter to the chief
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