West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) tore into the Election Commission of India for transferring top bureaucrats in the State and said the poll body should “start campaigning for the BJP”.
The Chief Minister said the party will contest 291 seats in the West Bengal polls and will win more than 226 seats.
Hours after the announcement of Assembly election in West Bengal, the Election Commission late on Sunday transferred the Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, and the Director-General of Police, among others.
Ms. Banerjee said all the transfers were done at “the behest of the BJP”.
“EC is playing a game on behalf of the BJP. It should now start campaigning for the party,” the Chief Minister said at a press conference where she announced the party’s candidates for the Assembly elections.
