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was seen as biased towards the ruling party and the other parties contesting the elections had filed petitions to the
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Trinamool government came back to power with a landslide victory, Soumen Mitra was removed from his post as Police Commissioner and was appointed as the Assistant Deputy General of Training.
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Ghose, Chandrayee; Chauduri, Trina (29 December 2013).
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