Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) A special team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will arrive in West Bengal this week for a final review of preparedness for the two-phase voting on April 23 and April 29.Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that in all probability, the special ECI review team, headed by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Bharati, will arrive in Kolkata on Monday morning to review preparedness for the 294 Assembly constituencies in the stat…
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Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Vibhu Goel was on Monday appointed as an Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) for West Bengal, exclusively to coordinate with the judges heading the 19 Appellate Tribunals set up to settle cases where names of voters have been deleted during the judicial adjudication of cases classified under the “logical discrepancy” category.As per the notification issued by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) An FIR has been filed against six people in connection with the disturbance in front of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office on Tuesday, said the police on Thursday. Two Trinamool councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are among them.According to the police, an FIR has been filed at the Hare Street police station against Kolkata Municipality councillor Shantiranjan Kundu of ward number 32 and councillor Sachin Singh of ward number 36. Apart f…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a strong note of caution, saying that under no circumstances would it tolerate hooliganism in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.At the same time, the ECI has specifically, officially, and categorically held Trinamool Congress responsible for such hooliganism in front of the CEO’s office.Such a strong reaction from the Commission has come amid two developments starting from Tue…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Tuesday rubbished allegations raised by Trinamool Congress and the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that voters from other states were being included in the state’s electoral roll through mass submission of Form-6 at the CEO’s office. “First of all, Form-6 cannot be submitted at the CEO’s office. There is no software in the CEO’s office through which Form-6 could be uploaded or deleted from…
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday afternoon removed four key officials from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, including one in the rank of Deputy CEO.The Deputy CEO who has been removed is Subrata Pal, a West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) officer of the 2005 batch. He has been transferred as Senior Deputy Secretary to the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department.At the same time, two Additional Secretaries and one Joi…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy category” was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait.The list was published online first on the main website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at midnight. It was subsequently available on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, minutes later.On Monday evening, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kuma…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The deadline for publication of the first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy” category passed on Monday midnight, with the list yet to be made public.Earlier in the evening, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, had informed mediapersons that the list might be available on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) central server between 9 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. on Monday.However, th…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP, Kirti Azad, on Wednesday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is destined to be the next Prime Minister, while launching a sharp attack on the BJP. Speaking to IANS outside Parliament, Azad stated, “There are not any allegations against the ECI, the allegations are against the BJP. However, everyone thinks that all these allegations are against the ECI. It is because the ECI is the right hand of the BJP, through which they are t…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Aiming for total transparency in the system of electoral management for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal next month, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has now decided to introduce a system for overseeing daily the functioning of the general observers, police, and expenditure observers appointed for the elections in the state.A special monitoring cell under the leadership and direct control of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Man…