{"id":3184,"date":"2024-03-18T09:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/election-commission-orders-removal-of-home-secretaries-in-6-states-bengal-dgp-india-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:25:43","slug":"election-commission-orders-removal-of-home-secretaries-in-6-states-bengal-dgp-india-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/election-commission-orders-removal-of-home-secretaries-in-6-states-bengal-dgp-india-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Commission orders removal of home secretaries in 6 states, Bengal DGP | India News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108584426,imgsize-1000281.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Election Commission orders removal of home secretaries in 6 states, Bengal DGP | India News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Election Commission orders removal of home secretaries in 6 states, Bengal DGP | India News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission-of-india\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Commission<\/a> on Monday ordered the removal of home secretaries of six states &#8211; Gujarat, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/uttar-pradesh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a>, Bihar, Jharkhand, HP, and Uttarakhand who are holding charges in chief minister offices.<br \/>The secretary of the general administrative department in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/mizoram\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener\">Mizoram<\/a> and Himachal Pradesh have also been removed. <br \/>The poll panel has also directed all the state governments to transfer the officers connected with election-related work, who have completed three years or are in their home districts.<br \/>Additionally, the Commission has ordered for the transfer of BMC and the additional\/Deputy commissioners with the direction to report by 6pm today.<br \/>The order comes days after the Election Commission announced seven-phase polls that will stretch for one-and-a-half-months, between April 19 and June 1, followed by counting for all seats on June 4. These will be the longest general elections since the polls of 1951-52 that lasted more than four months.<br \/>The EC declared that 102 parliamentary constituencies (PCs) will vote in the first phase on April 19, 89 in Phase 2 on April 26, 94 in Phase 3 on May 7, 96 in Phase 4 on May 13, 49 in Phase 5 on May 20, and 57 each in Phase 6 on May 25 and Phase 7 on June 1.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday ordered the removal of home secretaries of six states &#8211; Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, HP, and Uttarakhand who are holding charges in chief minister offices.The secretary of the general administrative department in Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh have also been removed. 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