By THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM|Nandini Chakravorty, IAS (1994), was removed as Chief Secretary of West Bengal by the Election Commission hours after the assembly poll schedule announcement. She has been barred from holding any election-related assignment until completion of the ongoing state elections.

Dushyant Nariala, IAS (1993), has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of West Bengal by the Election Commission following the removal of Nandini Chakravorty, as part of measures to ensure administrative neutrality during the forthcoming assembly elections.

Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS, has been removed from the post of Home Secretary, West Bengal, by the Election Commission during a review of poll preparedness, with directions that he will not hold any election-related responsibility till completion of the assembly polls.

Sanghamitra Ghosh, IAS (1997), has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs, West Bengal, by the Election Commission after the removal of the state’s Home Secretary, in a major administrative reshuffle ahead of the assembly elections.