1. Election Commission of India (ECI) held a review meeting with the Chief

Secretaries, CEOs, DGPs, and senior officers from the 5 poll-going states/UTs and their 12 bordering states/UTs along with the Heads of Enforcement Agencies today to review readiness, enhance coordination, and directed all concerned to ensure violence-free, intimidation-free and inducement-free elections.

2. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Shri Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Dr. S.S. Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, reviewed the poll- preparedness, law-and order situation, seizures of illegal cash, liquor, narcotics, arms, inter-state check posts, expenditure sensitive constituencies for upcoming General Election in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections in 6 states.
3. Poll-going states briefed the Commission about their overall preparation, law & order issues and expenditure enforcement & any concerns or pending issues with central agencies and neighbouring states. Special focus was placed on bordering districts and sealing of borders to maintain peace and order in the poll-going states/UTs.
4. The neighbouring border states were directed to take all possible steps to aid the poll-going states/UTs in ensuring inducement free and violence free elections.
5. Heads of agencies viz. 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 ensure heightened vigilance in poll-going states and in areas bordering these states/UTs, with enhanced checks at inter- state check posts.

6. Central agencies including the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Income Tax Department, Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) were directed to intensify efforts in the run-up to the polls and maximise seizures of illegal cash, liquor, narcotics, arms and so on while acting upon actionable intelligence.

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