Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Lashing out at the Election Commission after it transferred eight West Bengal officials, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday refused to carry out the orders and said she was even prepared to go to jail.
Challenging the commission, Banerjee said: "Put me in jail. I will not remove a single officer as chief minister. You rule and remove."
A fuming Banerjee termed the commission's decision as a conspiracy hatched by the central government, the poll panel, the Congress, the BJP and the CPI-M as also a media group.
She said it was aimed at facilitating rigging in the election by the opposition parties.
"Either you have to accept my resignation or I will not obey you. I respect you, but not by bowing down," she told an election meeting at Pandua in Hooghly district.
"I will fight it alone. I don't care for your conspiracy. Don't blame Mamata Banerjee for any trouble. Either Mamata Banerjee will look after law and order, or the Election Commission. You control law and order. I have no objection. I can't take responsibility."
"I have been elected by the people. I have not been elected at the mercy of the Congress, or you. I challenge the Election Commission, which I have never done in my life," she said.
The poll panel Monday ordered the transfer of five police superintendents, one district magistrate and two additional district magistrates from their posts.
The commission's order, which came a day after the full bench of the poll panel held wide consultations with state officials and political parties, was sent to state Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra during the day.
Five police superintendents - in charge of West Midnapore, Bardhman, Birbhum, Malda and North 24 Parganas districts - were involved in the reshuffle along with the district magistrate of North 24 Parganas. Two additional district magistrates were also relieved of poll duty.
The commission asked the state government to implement the orders by Tuesday and said the transferred officials have to be kept away from Lok Sabha poll related duty.
Nitish Kumar elected JD-U legislature party leader
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Nitish Kumar was Saturday elected the new leader of the JD-U legislature par
Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan, and Ananya Panday's much-awaited film 'Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Sto
Should the rallies be stopped after the leaders become ill? People say this
Assembly elections are to be held in five states in the country this year. All the political part
5G smartphones will be available in India at a low price, this company is bringing cheap chipset
America's tech company MediaTek has brought a new 5G smartphone chipset. The chipset launched und
The free unlimited storage available on Google Photos will end from today. Simply put, now you ha
Australian Defense Minister: Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said that China's dogmati
Kumar Vishwas files nomination from Amethi
Amethi, April 15 (IANS) AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas Tuesday filed his nomination here to fight
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen talks to reporters on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (PrSP) President Shivpal Singh Yadav is angry with Samajwadi Party (
Decades of mistrust between Indo-Pak cannot change overnight: General Naravane
There has been an atmosphere of mistrust between Pakistan and India for decades. This situation c
