EC meets state officials, focuses on sealing borders

NEW DELHI: Election Commission Tuesday held a gathering with main secretaries, main electoral officers and constabulary chiefs of poll-bound states/UT and 12 different states they stock borders with, to reappraisal wide predetermination preparedness, instrumentality and bid issues and expenditure enforcement.Special absorption was placed connected bordering districts and the sealing of borders to support bid and bid successful the poll-bound states/UT, EC said successful a connection issued aft the meeting, which was besides attended by heads of assorted enforcement agencies.EC said the meeting, chaired by CEC Gyanesh Kumar on with predetermination commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, discussed canvass readiness; enhanced coordination; instrumentality and bid situation; seizures of amerciable cash, liquor, narcotics, arms; and reappraisal of expenditure-sensitive constituencies crossed Assam, Kerala, TN, Bengal and Puducherry.

"The EC directed each acrophobic to guarantee violence-free, intimidation-free and inducement-free elections," said an EC spokesperson.Senior officials of the poll-bound states briefed the predetermination assemblage connected their wide preparation, instrumentality & bid issues and expenditure enforcement and immoderate concerns oregon pending issues with cardinal agencies and neighbouring states.The neighbouring borderline states were directed to instrumentality each imaginable steps to assistance the poll-bound states/UT successful checking canvass inducements and violence.

Heads of agencies similar CBDT, CBIC, ED, DRI, CEIB, FIU-IND, RBI, IBA, NCB, ICG, BCAS, AAI, Postal Service, CRPF, CISF, BSF, SSB, RPF, ITBP, Indian Coast Guard and Assam Rifles were instructed to guarantee heightened vigilance successful poll-bound states/UT and successful areas bordering these states/UT, with enhanced checks astatine inter-state cheque posts.