Writing a letter, dated September 30 to the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, L. Khiangte, the ECI had asked the State government to comply with its orders of December 6, 2021, and submit an action report to the Commission within 15 days. Notably, on December 6, 2021, the Election Commission issued an order directing the state government to remove the then Deoghar Deputy Commissioner, Manjunath Bhajantri, from the post and initiate departmental action against him. It also directed that Bhajantri should not be deputed to any post related to election work without the permission of the Commission.The ECI, in its letter, stated that Bhajantri was removed from the post of Deputy Commissioner on April 26, 2021, as he presented different figures in the Commission’s Voter Turnout App and press conference during the Madhupur bye-election. However, after the election code of conduct ended, the government ordered him to be re-appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Deoghar.
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