Kolkata, April 9 -- A senior election observer was removed from his post after he allegedly challenged Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a high-level review meeting on Wednesday, April 8, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections.

A full bench of the Election Commission (EC) was gathered for the virtual meeting when the Cooch Behar South constituency general observer, Anurag Yadav, openly objected to the CEC's alleged remarks about the former not having enough info on the constituency he is responsible for.

Kumar allegedly told Yadav to "go back home." Yadav retorted, "You can't treat us like this. We have given 25 years to the service. You can't speak like this," the Times of India reported.

There was a brief moment o...