(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) w Delhi April 08 - India's Election Commission (EC) overseeing the country's 16th House of the People parliamentary elections in 543 constituencies is likely to take action against a defiant West Bengal government if does not comply with its order to transfer officials. The commission may even cancel polls in the concerned districts if the local state government led by Mamata Bannerjee refuses to carry out the transfers the EC sources told Mumbai headquartered Times Now television according to Times of India. The EC had on Monday ordered transfer of eight West Bengal officials including five district police chiefs and one district magistrate but a defiant chief minister Banerjee refused to carry out the instruction and said she was even prepared to go to jail. The Superintendents of Police (SPs) - in charge of West Midnapore Bardhman Birbhum Malda and North 24 Parganas districts - were involved in the reshuffle along with the district magistrate of North 24 Parganas. Seven of the officials including two additional district magistrates removed from their post during the day have been relieved from poll duty while Birbhum SP Alok Rajoria has been shifted to the vacant post of SP of Jhargram police district. The commission had asked the state government to implement the orders by Tuesday the ToI report said.
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