EC shifts 3 West Bengal electoral officials

The Election Commission has transferred Bengal’s additional chief electoral officer (CEO) Saibal

Barman

, joint

CEO

Anamika Majumdar, and deputy CEO Amitjyoti Bhattacharji. There are indications that more transfers may be on the cards, reports Saibal Gupta.


Sources said the three were “very experienced” in handling elections. Barman was in charge of model code of conduct and law and order. He had held

office

for nearly 11 years.

Majumdar looked after EVMs and poll worker training while Bhattacharji handled the media cell.“All the three officers were very experienced and transferring them just before the election will have an impact on its effective handling,” a senior official at the CEO’s office said. Sources also said all three officers would be “rehabilitated” after the polls.