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EC shuffles senior Bengal officials, including Chief Secretary, hours after announcing poll schedule

Posted on: Mar 16, 2026 01:56 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
EC shuffles senior Bengal officials, including Chief Secretary, hours after announcing poll schedule
THe Election direction on lord's day ordered straightaway reassign of top out Bengal officials, including the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, hours after it announced the schedule for state elections.The sweeping actions comes after the Election Commission announced the schedule of assembly elections for four states, including West Bengal, and one UT. Bengal goes to polling in two-phases on April 23 and 29.In the order released late on Sunday, the poll body said Dushyant Nariala, an IAS of 1993 batch, will be posted as Chief Secretary in the poll-bound Bengal. Nariala replaces Nandini Chakravorty who was appointed to the post on December 31, 2025.The EC also announced the removal of Jagdish Prasad Meena, a 2004-batch IAS officer, as the Principal Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs in the state government. He will be replaced with Sanghamitra Ghosh, a 1997-batch officer.The poll body said that the directions will be implemented with immediate effect and a compliance report regarding the joining of the above officers should be sent by 3pm on Monday, March 16.

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