It’s no longer a political disagreement. It is a constitutional moment.
At 4 am, hours after the Assembly election dates were announced on Sunday, 15 March, and before the elections had been notified, the Election Commission ordered a sweeping administrative purge in West Bengal. Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, Director General of Police, Kolkata Police Commissioner, and ADG (Law and Order), the senior-most law and order officer, were all removed in one stroke.
Five of the most critical pillars of state administration were removed at 4 am—not during office hours but in the dead of night.
