Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday voiced strong support for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the transfers of officers stating such actions “only happen in non-BJP ruled states.”
He said that such actions won’t influence election outcomes, emphasizing that officers don’t win elections for political parties but the leaders of political parties do.
“These sweeping transfers only happen in non-BJP ruled states & especially in West Bengal but that’s no surprise. However, 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,” Omar said in a post on X.
“ No amount of effort by the Election Commission to gerrymander will change the results. Come counting day Mamata Didi will win a thumping majority,” he added.
Omar was responding to Mamata Banerjee post in which she accused the Election Commission of singling out and targeting Bengal ahead of Assembly election. She claimed that more than 50 senior officials, including top bureaucrats and police officers, were removed even before the formal notification of elections.
She alleged a “deliberate design to seize control” of the State “through coercion and institutional manipulation”.
