ECI holds a meeting with Heads of Enforcement Agencies/Forces to combat the movement of cash, drugs, liquor, and other inducements during the Bihar elections
By PIB Delhi
- The Election Commission of India (ECI) held a meeting of the Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence (MDCEI) at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi, today.
- Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, sensitised the law enforcement agencies about their role in ensuring proactive and preventive action during elections.
- The meeting was held in order to prepare a comprehensive roadmap to combat the pernicious effects of cash and other inducements in elections.
- Heads of Enforcement Agencies, including the CBDT, CBIC, ED, DRI, CEIB, FIU-IND, RBI, IBA, NCB, RPF, CISF, BSF, SSB, BCAS, AAI, and Postal Department, took part in the meeting. CS, DGP, State Police Nodal Officer (SPNO), and CEO Bihar also joined the meeting online.
- The different agencies briefed the Commission regarding their preparation, steps taken, and proposed steps to be taken for ensuring inducement-free elections. The briefings were 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 on economic offences amongst law enforcement agencies for effective action.
- The Commission emphasised the intra-agency co-ordination in each enforcement agency at the National, State, and District level various levels.
- The Commission also directed that the concerned agencies map the constituencies to check the transportation of smuggled goods, drugs, liquor, and cash, including fake currency, across inter-state borders and international borders.
- The Commission was directed to ensure the policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ for free and fair elections in Bihar.
