Election Commission today held a meeting with Heads of Enforcement Agencies to combat movement of cash, drugs, liquor and other inducements during ensuing Bihar Assembly Elections. During the meeting held at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi sensitized the law enforcement agencies about their role in ensuring pro-active and preventive action during elections.
The Commission in a statement said that different agencies briefed the Commission regarding their preparation, steps taken and proposed to be taken for ensuring inducement free elections. The briefings were made on a wide-range of topics pertaining to curbing the use of money and other inducements to vitiate elections.
The Commission instructed that there should be co-operation and sharing of intelligence of economic offences among law enforcement agencies for effective action. During the meeting, the Poll Body stressed on the intra agency co-ordination in each enforcement agency at National, State and District levels. The Commission also directed the concerned agencies to map the constituencies to check transportation of smuggled goods, drugs, liquor and cash, including fake currency, inter-state borders and international borders. The Commission also asked the Enforcement Agencies to ensure policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ for free and fair elections in Bihar.
