Kolkata, March 19 -- In a fresh development ahead of the elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has cancelled the West Bengal government's decision to reinstate a section of IPS officers who had earlier been removed from their posts.
The poll body, in a late-night directive issued on Wednesday, ordered that 15 of these police officers be immediately deployed outside the state for election-related duties.
According to the directive, the officers have been reassigned as election observers in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and have been asked to join their new assignments without delay.
The move comes shortly after the state government reinstated them in different roles, effectively overturning the Commission's earlier decision to remove ...