The railway board has postponed the union elections in the Tatanagar and Chakradharpur railway divisions, citing the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the need to increase freight transportation. The elections were scheduled to take place after a decade, but the board has issued a letter stating that the elections will now...
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be held in July-August through secret ballot. This decision has disappointed railway employees who were looking forward to the elections. The elections were initially planned for December, following a report from a three-member committee formed by the railway board. The union elections in the South East Zone, which covers four divisions - Chakradharpur, Ranchi, Kharagpur and Adra - involving 64,000 employees at 315 stations, were expected to be held after a decade, as the last elections were held in 2013. The legal proceedings surrounding the elections have reached the Supreme Court, but despite the lack of a stay order, the elections have been delayed once again.