The Election Commissioner of West Bengal Mr. Susanta Ranjan Upadhyay has resigned. Upadhyay submitted his resignation to the West Bengal Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi. The Governor has till not accepted his resignation and has advised him to wait till the return of the State Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee, who is on a four-day tour of Bhutan. Upadhyay’s resignation comes after massive violence and electoral irregularities in the Elections held for three corporation bodies of Bidhan Nagar, Asansol and Bali on Saturday last.
The opposition parties, the Left, the BJP and Congress have alleged that Mr. Upadhyay was under constant pressure from the ruling Trinamool Congress Government, not to annul the October 3rd elections despite large scale violence, rigging and booth capturing by the ruling party.