Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- The tussle between the Election Commission and the West Bengal government escalated on Thursday after the state government sought a review of the poll body's directive asking it to cancel the transfer and additional postings of three IAS officers deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Sources said the state government has written to the Election Commission from Nabanna, urging it to reconsider its order that termed the transfers "violative" of the Commission's instructions.
The three officers had been appointed as electoral roll observers by the EC, and the state's decision to reassign them without prior approval triggered the confrontation.
On November 28, the Election Commission appoint...