TMC Filed Petition In Supreme Court: TMC filed petition in Supreme Court against the deployment of central employees as counting observers in Bengal.

New Delhi. West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress government has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission’s decision to appoint only central employees as counting observers for the state assembly elections. In this regard, TMC had earlier appealed in the Calcutta High Court, but after the petition was rejected there, it has now approached the Supreme Court. TMC has requested the Supreme Court to hear this matter tomorrow i.e. Saturday because the voting results are to be declared on May 4.

#BREAKING: Trinamool Congress has approached the Supreme Court of India challenging the Election Commission of India’s decision to appoint only central government/PSU employees as counting supervisors for the West Bengal elections, after the Calcutta High Court dismissed its… pic.twitter.com/fStTravHu8

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The Trinamool Congress had challenged before the High Court an order issued by the Additional Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal which stated that every counting center in Bengal should have at least one employee of the Central Government or a Central Public Sector Undertaking as a counting observer and counting assistant. The TMC had argued bias as the central government is controlled by a political party, so central employees could be influenced, thereby affecting fair vote counting.

The Bengal government also argued that this instruction deviates from the rules of the Election Commission. Mandating appointment of Central Government or Public Sector Undertaking employees as counting observers and assistants is an arbitrary order. The High Court had rejected TMC’s writ petition, holding that mere apprehension of bias could not justify interference. The high court also cited an earlier case in which a similar writ challenging orders passed during the election process had been dismissed.