Election Commission reviews poll preparedness for Assam assembly polls

The review meeting was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, in the presence of Election Commissioners Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar at Tezpur as also later at Guwahati.

Commission met with Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and other senior officers of all districts going to polls in the first and second phase of elections, as also nodal officers of the Enforcement Agencies.

Specific review of Covid arrangements was done with Chief Secretary Sh Jishnu Barua and also issues with DGP Assam Sh B Mohanta.

Arora directed all the officials to ensure that elections in the State of Assam are conducted in a peaceful, free and fair and safe manner with high voter turnout.

Arora reiterated that this time Special General and Police Observers have been associated with randomization of State and Central Armed Police Forces to jointly decide the election security plan.

Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioner, urged to expedite seizures and asked the departments to establish money trail linkages specifically related to election expenditure.

He directed the investigative agencies for better co-ordination and collaboration of data, in order to improve their searches and seizure operations during the election period.

Rajiv Kumar, Election Commissioner asked all the agencies to continue with their vigil efforts even after the 3-phased election is over in the state of Assam, as the adjoining state, West Bengal will still be having elections.

The border check posts need to be functioning strictly, till the election results, in order to deter any illegal goods transfer /crossings across the state borders, he emphasised.