ब्यूरोक्रेसी का ‘SIR’… बंगाल में अफसरों के ट्रांसफर विवाद से जुड़ी हर बात – mamata banerjee election commission west bengal officer transfers ntcpmr
‘SIR’ i.e. Special Intensive Revision – This program of the Election Commission was related to the purification of voter list. But, now after the announcement of elections, the same commission is doing ‘SIR’ of the bureaucracy of Bengal. That is, some officers are being transferred so that the elections can be made fair and violence free. Mamta Banerjee neither liked the earlier SIR nor is liking the latter one.
In West Bengal before the assembly elections Mamata Banerjee Had opened a front against the Election Commission. Had gone till the Supreme Court. After the announcement of elections, the second chapter of that fight has started. Limmata Banerjee has written a new letter to the Election Commission, on the issue of transfer of bureaucrats of West Bengal. He has linked it to ‘undeclared emergency’ and ‘President’s rule like situation’.
election Commission Linking the orders of BJP to BJP, Mamata Banerjee is saying that BJP has failed to win the trust of the people. Therefore, now BJP wants to gain power in West Bengal through pressure, fear and misuse of institutions.
Why does Mamata Banerjee feel that the Election Commission is after her voters? west bengal Is it really treating the bureaucracy like ‘SIR’?
Mamta Banerjee’s new allegation on Election Commission
Mamata Banerjee definitely takes the name of the Election Commission, but her target is only the BJP leadership. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. By putting the Election Commission in the dock, Mamata Banerjee asks questions to BJP only.
Targeting Bharatiya Janata Party, Mamata Banerjee raises the question, why is BJP so restless? And why is West Bengal being targeted again and again?
Mamata Banerjee also sees contradictions in the decisions of the Election Commission. She says, on one hand the Commission says that the removed officers will not be put on election duty, and within a few hours they are made election observers and sent out!
Like SIR, Mamata Banerjee has described the functioning of the Election Commission as part of a deliberate conspiracy, calling it all anarchy, confusion and incompetence – the purpose of which, in Mamata Banerjee’s view, is to control West Bengal through institutions.
Mamata Banerjee says, even before the formal notification of elections was issued, more than 50 senior officers including Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, DGP, ADG, IG, DIG, District Magistrate and SP have been removed unilaterally and arbitrarily.
Mamta Banerjee alleges, this is not an administrative action, but it is a high level political interference.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also alleges that senior officers of important departments like IB, STF and CID are being selectively removed and then sent outside the state. Mamata Banerjee has called it an attempt to weaken the administrative structure of West Bengal.
Mamta Banerjee has shared the letter written to the Election Commission on social media. She writes, I stand firmly with every officer of the West Bengal government and their families, who are being targeted merely for serving the state with honesty and commitment. Bengal has never bowed down to intimidation and will never bow down.
In the ‘Korbo, Lodbo, Jeetbo’ tone of IPL, Mamata Banerjee says, Bengal will fight, Bengal will protest and will decisively defeat any attempt to impose any divisive and destructive agenda on its soil.
Election Commission action
Along with West Bengal, assembly elections are also being held in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory Puducherry. Transfers of officers have also taken place in other election states, but not in such a way that the entire house has been changed like in West Bengal.
The Election Commission has transferred at least 21 senior IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal, including the state DGP and Kolkata Police Commissioner. The Chief Secretary and Home Secretary had already been transferred.
In Assam, the Election Commission had ordered the transfer of 10 senior officers, which include 5 SPs and 5 District Magistrates i.e. District Election Officers at the time of elections. Like Assam, 5 transfers in Kerala and 4 in Tamil Nadu have taken place on the orders of the Election Commission.
Even during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission had removed the then DGP of West Bengal Rajiv Kumar for the duration of the elections. After the elections, Mamata Banerjee reinstated Rajiv Kumar. After retiring from police service, Rajiv Kumar joined Trinamool Congress and after that Mamata Banerjee sent him to Rajya Sabha.
During the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Election Commission had removed the Home Secretaries of six states including Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. The process of changing officers by the Commission during elections is not new. It is said that such steps are taken so that the officers do not remain under the influence of any political party, and an impartial environment is maintained.
Chief Election Commissioner with orders issued by the Election Commission Gyanesh Kumar ‘The Commission is committed to conducting transparent, intimidation-free, violence-free and inducement-free elections’ – which could be understood as the reason for the transfers.
what does the rule say
According to the rules, during the election period the entire administrative arrangements are handed over to the Election Commission. Till the code of conduct is implemented. From the announcement of elections till the results are announced. The officers engaged in the work of SIR are also on deputation to the Election Commission during the period when the process is going on, and so are the other officers during the election period.
Section 13 CC of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 states, ‘Chief Electoral Officer, District Electoral Officer etc. will be considered on deputation by the Election Commission.’
According to the rules, officers or employees who are engaged in the work related to the preparation, revision and revision of electoral rolls as well as the conduct of elections will be considered to be on deputation to the Election Commission during that period. While they are engaged in these functions, and during this period, they will be subject to the control, supervision and discipline of the Election Commission.
The Commission can also suspend officers in cases of negligence in duty, and appoint other officers in their place. The word ‘discipline’ was added through an amendment in 1989 along with control and supervision. In 1993, the Election Commission approached the Supreme Court regarding this. At that time the command of the commission was with TN Seshan. Later, in 2000, an agreement was reached between the Election Commission and the government, and it was decided that the Commission can take action against officials in case of dereliction of duty.
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