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The head of Trinamul-run Malda Zilla Parishad received a showcause notice from the district election department for not turning up for pre-election training that he had been asked to take up in his capacity as a government schoolteacher.
Zilla parishad head Gour Chandra Mondal, included in the list of poll personnel in Malda district as a primary schoolteacher, along with hundreds of other teachers, did not go for the poll training because of his political identity.
Election department authorities, unaware that Mondal was a zilla parishad head, served him a showcause.
The bureaucratic lapse threw up embarrassing questions.
“Five years back, when Mondal was elected as sahakari sabhadhipati, he took lien and has not been in active service (as a teacher) since. He continued to be in lien when he became the sabhadhipati in 2018. Those in the education department overlooked this and forwarded his name for poll duty. Those in the election department did not cross-check why he absente
Assam requires 42,000 Vehicles for Assembly Polls
There is a requirement of more vehicles this time as additional auxiliary polling stations will have to set up due to COVID-19 protocols.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: For the movement of security forces and polling personnel as well as poll-related equipment while conducting the forthcoming Assembly elections, the State will require around 42,000 vehicles.
Following direction from the Election Department, Assam, State Transport department has already contacted a few States like West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland among others; and they too have conveyed their readiness to help Assam in this regard. Compared to the 2016 Assembly polls, there is a requirement of more vehicles this time as additional auxiliary polling stations will have to set up due to COVID-19 protocols.
Fulton County Commission says elections director will keep his job for now WSBTV.com News Staff UP NEXT
Fulton County’s election director will keep his job for now after a vote by the Fulton County Commission.
The Fulton County Registration and Elections Board voted 3-2
Barron has led Fulton’s elections since 2013 and the board originally voted to fire him during a closed-door meeting last week. It was later decided the vote was not binding because it didn’t happen in a public setting.
Channel 2′s Sophia Choi was at today’s meeting and will have reaction to the commission’s vote on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4 p.m.
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Reporter Staff
Multiple members of Boston’s delegation in the Legislature said on Monday that they think the path is clear for a petition to call off a special election for mayor that would be triggered if Mayor Walsh resigns to become US secretary of labor before March 5.
Walsh signed the bill last Friday after the City Council unanimously approved the change to the city’s rules, sending the matter from City Hall to the State House where the Legislature and Gov. Baker must also sign off.
The Boston delegation met over Zoom on Monday to discuss the issue, and several lawmakers on the call told State House News Service that Rep. Chynah Tyler is expected to file the home rule petition in the House in the coming days.