Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued switch orders for eight district magistrates and 12 superintendents of police in five states, particularly Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections.
According to the ballot panel, the choice was taken as half of the “regular review” by the Commission chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar together with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
The officers transferred are as follows:
- Assam: DM of Udalgiri
- Bihar: DM and SP of Bhojpur district, DM and SP of Nawada district
- Jharkhand: SP Deoghar, Directed to replenish vacant posts of SP(Rural) Ranchi, DIG Palamu, IG Dumka and ship panel of officers
- Odisha: DM of Cuttack & Jagatsinghpur, SP of Angul, Behrampur, Khurda, Rourkela, DCP Cuttack Et IG Central
- Andhra Pradesh: DM of Krishna, Ananthpuramu, Tirupati districts, SP of Prakasham, Palnadu, Chittoor, Anathpuramu, Nellore districts, IGP Guntur Range
Under the directive, all of the transferred officers are required at hand over their duties to their speedy juniors. Those who’ve been transferred is not going to have any election obligations till the Lok Sabha polls are accomplished. The respective state governments have been directed to ship a panel of names of IAS and IPS officers to the Commission and ones shortlisted will likely be appointed in place of these transferred out.
Lok Sabha elections 2024
The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls, the world’s greatest election train, will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to happen on June 4 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a bid for a 3rd consecutive time period in workplace.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar mentioned over 97 crore voters – 49.7 crore males and 47.1 crore females – had been eligible to solid their vote in the polling course of unfold over 44 days and throughout 10.5 lakh polling cubicles. The elections will start on April 19 adopted by subsequent phases on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1.
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