TMC moves Supreme Court seeking appointment of state government employees for counting vigil
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has approached the Supreme Court seeking the inclusion of West Bengal state government employees as counting supervisors in the upcoming assembly elections. This follows the Calcutta High Court's rejection of a similar plea, upholding the Election Commission's directive to appoint only Central government or PSU officials for supervisory roles during vote counting. The Election Commission justified the move citing concerns over neutrality, a practice it says has been applied in other states as well.
- ▪TMC moved the Supreme Court to allow West Bengal state government employees to serve as counting supervisors in the assembly elections.
- ▪The Calcutta High Court previously dismissed TMC's challenge against the Election Commission's decision to use only Central government or PSU officials as supervisors.
- ▪The Election Commission mandated that at least one person at each counting table, specifically the counting supervisor, must be a Central government or PSU employee.
- ▪The EC defended its decision by citing neutrality concerns and stated similar measures were implemented in other states like Kerala.
- ▪The Supreme Court hearing comes just days before the scheduled vote counting on May 4, 2026.
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TMC moves Supreme Court seeking appointment of state government employees for counting vigilAccording to the EC order issued through the West Bengal CEO, at least one person at every counting table should be a Central Government or PSU official.Updated on: May 01, 2026 8:04 PM ISTBy HT News DeskShare viaCopy link The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking the inclusion of West Bengal state government employees for appointment as counting supervisors for the West Bengal assembly elections.Security personnel being deployed at a strong room at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra ahead of the counting of votes of the West Bengal assembly elections, in Kolkata on Friday.
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