Rejecting allegations by the Trinamool Congress that West Bengal Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain is “biased”, the Election Commission on Friday said it had “full faith in the honesty and impartiality” of the senior officer. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal on Thursday demanded the removal of Jain, alleging that he sided with it and broke the federal structure norms. In a statement, the poll panel said that all its Deputy Election Commissioners and other officials are working in the Commission’s headquarters or in the field “strictly in accordance with the Constitution of India and various existing rules regarding the conduct of elections” Are discharging ”
. “The Election Commission (Election Commission) said that a strange exception in this case could be here or there which takes immediate corrective action.”
The statement said, “The commission has to come to Sudip Jain, The DEC has full faith in honesty and fairness.
” “Unfortunately, this is not the first time that a concrete campaign is launched against senior officials of the Commission on the eve of the election or during the election process,” it said. Referring to the allegations leveled by TMC regarding two decisions taken by TMC during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as Election Commission in-charge for West Bengal elections, the panel said that both decisions were taken by the Commission ” “Free, fair and peaceful elections” in the interest of holding.
The Election Commission said that Deputy Election Commissioner, Chief Electoral Officer, The decisions were implemented by the District Election Machinery under the supervision of the nodal police officer and other senior officials concerned.
TMC spokesman Saugata Roy said on Thursday that party leader Derek O’Brien wrote a letter to the Election Commission demanding that Jain be removed as he has a “track record” of favoring him during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. . “During the last parliamentary election, Sudeep Jain took a number of steps which were not only against the Election Commission norms, but also against the federal structure.
We have no faith in him. We (TMC) say that this time too, he will take such steps which will directly or indirectly help the BJP, “Roy said at a press conference in Kolkata. This time assembly elections in West Bengal will give a tough fight between TMC and BJP. It will be held in eight phases starting on March 27 with voting on 30 seats. The votes cast for all 294
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