The Election Commission of India (ECI) has partially reversed its decision to transfer 15 IPS officers in West Bengal, allowing two officers to remain in their posts and putting three others on hold.
The decision comes after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, alleging that the ECI had crossed all boundaries of decency and constitutional propriety.
The ECI had initially removed the 15 officers from their original posts and barred them from any election-related duties ahead of the assembly polls.
However, the Mamata Banerjee government had reassigned these officers to alternative posts, which the ECI later cancelled.
Two officers, Murali Dhar and Syed Waquar Raza, will continue in their current posts, while three others - Akash Magharia, Amandeep, and Praveen Kumar Tripathi - have been kept on hold.
The remaining officers will be sent to Tamil Nadu and Kerala as poll observers.
The transfer standoff is the latest flashpoint in a widening confrontation between the state government and the poll body.
