Forward of the Lok Sabha election, the Election Fee issued orders for the removing of six House Secretaries and the highest bureaucrats from Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.
The highest police official in a state the place there have been a number of incidents of violence throughout elections lately, West Bengal’s Director-Basic of Police, was additionally transferred by the ballot panel. The ballot panel additionally mandated that by 5 p.m., a shortlist of three potential candidates for the place be ready and submitted.
The switch of the house secretaries of Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, in addition to high officers affiliated with the places of work of the chief ministers of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh, is a part of the reorganisation, which is a customary motion by the Election Fee forward of the Lok Sabha elections.
As well as, Iqbal Singh Chahal, the Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company, in addition to different officers from Maharashtra’s municipalities, have been dismissed.
The 2024 Lok Sabha election is lower than a month away; the ECI introduced on Saturday that voting will happen in seven phases beginning on April 19 and ending on June 1.
Truly, for the reason that ECI issued polling dates, that is the primary bureaucratic reshuffle.
Following a gathering together with his two associates, the just lately appointed Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar took motion. Within the upcoming Lok Sabha and Meeting elections, in addition to the by-polls for 26 seats throughout 13 states, the ballot panel is dedicated to offering honest and equal alternatives for all political events. This motion is a part of that dedication.
Based on sources, the dismissed officers had been discovered to be holding a number of positions within the chief ministers’ places of work of every state. This might compromise wanted impartiality, particularly with regard to law-and-order earlier than, throughout, and after voting.
The Congress asserted that the state had unleashed thugs on the populace, whereas the Trinamool charged the opposition with inciting violence and chastised central authorities for his or her incapability to safeguard voters.