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EC asks Bengal to delink CEO office for autonomy

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July 23, 2025

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the West Bengal government to create a separate department with a dedicated budget to make the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) functional and ensure institutional independence.

- Joydeep Thakur

EC asks Bengal to delink CEO office for autonomy

The letter from the ECI secretariat to Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant, dated July 17, came less than a year before assembly polls are due in the state.

“Create a separate election department, completely delinked from any other department of the state government. The election department should have a dedicated budget head. This will facilitate full financial and administrative autonomy to the CEO, as required for the effective and impartial conduct of elections,” said the letter.

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