In the wake of upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, four IRS officers have been appointed as expenditure observer. The officers are Anand Kumar, Kiran Reddy T, Prabhat Dandotiya and Tej Kumar Girdharilal Rathod. Previoulsy Mr. Kumar has served on the position of DGIT, Investigation Directorate, Kolkata. Whereas Mr. Reddy has served as DGGI, Hyderabad ZU.
Let it be noted that assembly elections on 294 seats in West Bengal are scheduled to be held in between 27thMarch to 29th April 2021. The elections will be conducted in eight phases.