Diamond Harbour Model with a spin :::: Cracking whip on five TMC-friendly cops ::::: Election Commission still on move.... this time Abhishek's fiefdom Diamond Harbour ---report on additional SP Garai’s activities sought

EC deals Harbour blow: Suspension stick for senior cops on Abhishek turf

The commission has directed the chief secretary to submit a report on additional SP Sandip Garai’s activities to his cadre-controlling authority, the Union home ministry — a first such directive this Bengal election. 

The poll panel directed Bengal chief secretary Dushyant Nariala to suspend additional SP Sandip Garai, SDPO Sajal Mondal, the inspectors-in-charge of the Falta and Diamond Harbour police stations, and the officer-in-charge of Usthi police station and initiate departmental proceedings against them.

These officers are alleged for working in a manner partisan to West Bengal’s ruling party.

"The 'Syndicate King' is now just a guest for a few more days. Didi is on her way out, BJP is coming to power. Even in Tollygunge now, only BJP's victory chants are echoing." - Amit Shah 

The Election Commission enforced its own “Diamond Harbour model” late on Friday night by cracking the whip on five police officers, including an IPS officer, from the seven Assembly seats that make up Trinamool No. 2 Abhishek Banerjee’s Lok Sabha constituency.

“Diamond Harbour is in the fourth stage of cancer in terms of electoral malpractices. That’s why, urgent surgery had to be performed to ensure free and fair elections there,” a senior poll panel official said.  

The EC asked the chief secretary to issue a warning to Ishani Pal, the Diamond Harbour SP, for her alleged failure to ensure her subordinates worked with fairness during the elections.

These steps suggest the commission considers the seven Assembly seats of Falta, Diamond Harbour, Satgachia, Bishnupur, Mahestala, Budge Budge and Metiabruz in the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency as the most trouble-prone, sources said.

Diamond Harbour, on Calcutta’s southern fringes, is the turf of Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek, who has been representing the Lok Sabha seat since 2014.

His vaunted development and governance model for the area — covering infrastructure, healthcare, welfare and political management — is often referred to as the “Diamond Harbour model”.

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The Election Commission has also ordered the suspension of the officer-in-charge (OC) of Hingalganj police station in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district after allegations that he was acting in a partisan manner ahead of the Assembly elections.

In a communication to Chief Secretary Nariala, the EC said it had examined a report submitted by state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on April 21 regarding complaints of bias and an alleged nexus between the OC and "local elements". 

Meanwhile, West Bengal BJP's twitter handle says - "Mamata Banerjee appears visibly rattled and leaves the sabha after seeing empty chairs at her Bhabanipur sabha, now shifting blame to a nearby BJP rally.

The signs are clear—impending defeat is breeding frustration."

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