WB govt writes to EC: Your transfer orders cannot be enforced

April 08, 2014 13:03

Just in: The West Bengal government writes to the Election Commission urging it to reconsider its decision on transfer of five SPs, one DM. The West Bengal chief secretary has also written to the EC saying its orders cannot be enforced.

The Chief Election Commissioner this morning, asked West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to transfer five superintendents of police - Malda, Birbhum, Burdwan, West Midnapore and Mushidabad - and one district magistrate (North 24-Parganas) after opposition parties complained against these officers, accusing them of being biased. The EC wants the WB government to remove the officers by 2:30 pm today.

However, Mamata, being Mamata, will have none of it and has openly defied the EC, saying while she respects it, she challenged the EC to remove anybody while she was in charge.

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