Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. File Photo: @CM_JnK/X via PTI Photo
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday (March 20, 2026) questioned “sweeping transfers by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in poll-bound West Bengal”.
“These sweeping transfers only happen in non-BJP ruled states and especially in West Bengal but that’s no surprise,” Mr. Abdullah said, in a post on X.
He said no amount of effort by the ECI “to gerrymander will change the results”. “Come counting day Mamata Didi will win a thumping majority,” Mr. Abdullah.
He said West Bengal will once again prove what “I have always believed to be true – officers don’t win elections for political parties, the leaders of political parties do”.
West Bengal is set for elections from April 23 and 29 to elect 294 members.
Published – March 21, 2026 02:33 am IST
