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Election Commission removes seven CAPF personnel from election duty in West Bengal for breaching code of conduct by attending Iftar party

OpIndia Staff -
The EC is using the incident as an example to train the CAPF personnel.
Law

TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee moves Calcutta HC challenging the reshuffle of senior IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal ordered by the ECI

OpIndia Staff -
A petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court contesting the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer senior administrative and police...
News Reports

ECI announces assembly election dates in April, West Bengal gets 2-phase polls while Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry to have single-phase polls

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission has scheduled Assembly elections for Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry in April 2026.
News Reports

TMC presented Ramakrishna Sarada Mission’s Minakhan president saying his name was deleted in SIR, the mission clarifies they have no such branch and no...

OpIndia Staff -
On 6th March, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a protest in Kolkata against alleged large scale removal of voters in the state’s...
News Reports

TMC moves proposal to ‘impeach’ Chief Election Commissioner before West Bengal election: Read a Bengali’s perspective on how Mamata has mastered the art of...

Dibakar Dutta -
The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal has rattled the TMC ecosystem, starting from the party's Supreme Leader to the hooligan at the grassroots level.
News Reports

Opposition rattled by SIR of electoral rolls? TMC and its allies sign notice for removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
The move comes after Mamata Banerjee threatened the CEC that he would have to fall at the feet of the public after the elections in the state.
Editor's picks

West Bengal: ECI to publish final electoral roll, 60 lakh voters under review after SIR

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court appointed 530 judicial officers from West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand to review the documents of these 60 lakh voters.
Editor's picks

Election Commission directs 22 States and Union Territories to begin preparations for SIR of electoral rolls, exercise to begin from April 2026

OpIndia Staff -
It had directed all CEOs, except in Bihar, where the exercise had already begun in June 2025, to start pre-revision activities.
News Reports

Rajya Sabha elections 2026: ECI announces schedule for 37 seats across 10 states

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission of India has announced biennial elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states, including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Polling is scheduled for March 16, with the entire process to be completed by March 20, 2026.
News Reports

Election Commission suspends 7 West Bengal officials over serious lapses in electoral roll revision, says they cleared names without document verification

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission of India has suspended seven West Bengal officials for serious misconduct during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
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