Overview

• The state government submitted three bureaucrat names for each of the four vacant additional, joint and deputy CEO positions for the Election Commission’s consideration.
• The Election Commission will review the nominations and may ask the government to recommend new candidates if any names are found unsuitable.
• Officials have proposed shifting the CEO office from the Balmer Lawrie Building to a central government premises in Kolkata to resolve space and parking constraints.
• A Special Intensive Revision of the voter list is poised to begin shortly as part of election preparations.
• West Bengal authorities have started consulting legal experts on a possible court challenge to the ECI directive, alleging it exceeds administrative authority.