Agartala: Jan 20: The National Election Commission was shaken by the heated situation that arose in the clash between the Congress and the BJP in Jirania within 15 minutes of announcing the election at 2.30 pm on January 18. Himadri Das, police officer of Jirania sub-division, has been temporarily suspended. On the other hand, Jirania Police Station OC Nadu Gopal Deb and Ranibazar Police Station OC Ashish Sarkar have been removed from duty.
The National Election Commission on Thursday received a report from the state chief secretary JK Sinha and director general of police Amitabh Ranjan at 3 pm on Friday after receiving a detailed complaint about the incident from the Congress. The report said that on that day the procession was organized by the Congress without taking any permission from the district administration. Injured province Congress observer Dr. Ajay Kumar’s illness is not serious. He was slightly injured. But despite receiving the report, the Election Commission issued a stern warning to the state’s chief secretary and director general of police. The Election Commission guidelines said to take strict action for the political heated situation that arose in Jiraniya area on January 18. The National Election Commission has issued a statement saying that Jirania Divisional Police Officer Himadri Das has been suspended.
Jirania Police Station OC Nadu Gopal Deb and Ranibazar Police Station OC Ashish Sarkar to be removed from duty. Not only this, the officials in charge of the state have also been asked why the state had sufficient paramilitary forces but were not used during the incident on that day. A three-member monitoring team was formed by the Election Commission for such negligence. This monitoring team has been tasked to monitor the proper deployment of paramilitary forces in the state of Tripura. And to give a full report to the Election Commission regarding the events taking place in the state of Tripura regarding the elections. In the statement, the Election Commission has made it clear that no party should be prevented from holding various programs including processions and meetings. The party leadership has given strict instructions to the chief secretary and the director general of police to ensure proper management if any party leadership requires any kind of security or demands security for any programme. And State Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte is in charge to see if these two officers are performing their duties properly.
Besides, the director general and chief secretary of the state police have been again instructed to assume a neutral role. It has also been said that strict action should be taken immediately if any election officer tries to favor any political party. On the other hand, the State Election Commission officials have been notified to make special arrangements for the election program through the facility app. The guidelines have been made clear that the political party which first seeks permission for the program should be given permission.
