EC transfers officials ahead of Chhattisgarh election

RAIPUR: The Election Commission has ordered the transfer of three officials, including two collectors, ahead of the Assembly elections in
Chhattisgarh.

The election commission ordered the transfer of Divisional Commissioner(DC) of Bastar district, Ganesh Shankar Mishra, Collectors, Sonmani Bora(Raipur) and R Pisda (Kanker), official sources said here.

The secretary of state health department, RS Vishwakarma will take over as the DC whereas the secretary agricultural department, Vikas Sheel and Woman and Child welfare department coordinator, Shahla Nigar will replace the collectors.

Mishra would serve as the secretary of the health department, Pisda as the Woman and Child welfare department coordinator and Bora as the joint secretary in the ministry.

As there were a lot of complaints against the officials, they were transferred, sources said.

Members of various political parties had met the Chief Election commissioner(CEC), N Gopalaswamy and alleged that some officials in the state election commission were working as agents for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). They also gave him a CD on the same.

The CEC also expressed concern on the delay in executing election-related activities in the district, in a meeting held with authorities.

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‘Gandhigiri’ by Chhatra JD(U)

While Raj Thackeray and his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers, in attacking Bihari students and examinees in Mumbai, have shown little
respect for the rule of law and court, a group of Chhatra JD(U) workers resorted to symbolic act of Gandhigiri to bring sanity and order.

Since names matter in all symbolic acts, they, led by their state president Arvind Kumar Nishad, entered the premises of Maharashtra Bank in Patna on Exhibition Road, and for tokenism, recalled the non-violent path pursued by Mahatma Gandhi.

But soon politics got better of him, as Nishad said that it was because of RJD supremo and railway minister Lalu Prasad that Bihari students had been suffering violence at the hands of the inspired followers of Raj Thackeray, or those of his ilk! As if it was not enough, he demanded immediate resignation of Lalu from the Union cabinet!

Farcical drama went on. For, Chhatra JD(U) general secretary Ritesh Kumar and Shashi Ranjan got reminded of Gandhigiri, again! Their purpose: to send a message to the people of Maharashtra that people of all states and Union Territories constitute one entity -- sons and daughters of India. Besides, they felt that it was due to "personal selfish interest" that "some people" take to sloganeering regarding regionalism, language and parochialism for their "kshudra rajniti (narrow politics)."

If not Raj Thakceray and his MNS workers, then the Chhatra JD(U) president Nishad was certainly listening to them, because he was in hearing distance from them on the premises of Maharashtra Bank!

Meanwhile, since realism was on the mind of the Yuva JD(U) president and party MLA Sunil Kumar, he appealed to the Bihari students, already in rage against the violence suffered in Mumbai, not to indulge in arson and stone pelting, and instead, cooperate with the Bihar government for the maintenance of peace and harmony.

However, it was not clear if the present round of violence suffered by the Bihari students in Mumbai, or elsewhere in the country would be the last one, or would not be repeated.

Source : Times Of India

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