New Delhi, October 5 (IANS) The high-daws gather pace as the preparation of the Bihar assembly elections, the Election Commission (ECI) is set to continue the intensive two-day review of the state’s pole readiness on Sunday to ensure free and fair election.
On the second day of its visit, the top ECI team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Ganesh Kumar is holding important meetings in Patna, which is holding important meetings with the enforcement agencies to assess and strengthen measures aimed at misuse of money and muscle power for two major challenges in Bihar’s electoral scenario.
The Commission is today engaged to review the action plans to ensure transparency and integrity in the upcoming elections with senior officials of Income Tax Department, Police and other enforcement bodies. These interaction focus on increasing inter-agency coordination, enhancing vigilance and deploying target strategies to ensure a level sports ground for all political parties.
Later in the day, the Commission will hold strategic meetings to assess operational preparations with the Chief Electoral Officer, State Police Nodal Officer, and the representatives of the Central Security Forces. This will be followed by a high-level review of overall state-level coordination with the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and other senior bureaucrats.
The ECI will also hold a press conference at 2 pm today to abstain the media on major developments. Briefing will involve a summary of preparations reviewed so far, reaction from political parties, and further roadmap.
On Saturday, the ECI team, in which CEC Gyanash Kumar and Election Commissioner Dr. Sukabhir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, including BJP, Congress, JD (U), RJD, LJP (Rum Villa), CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI, CPI (Rum Villa), handled comprehensive counseling. AAP, and NPP.
Calling political parties “important stakeholders of a strong democracy”, the Commission urged them to be actively attached to the electoral process by appointing them to voting and counting agents. This encouraged all the parties to celebrate elections in a festive and inclusive manner.
Political parties, appreciating the ECI’s efforts in completing the special intensive amendment (SIR) and cleaning the electoral rolls, requested that elections be held immediately after the Chutha festival and voters were held at low stages to promote voting. He also welcomed reforms such as caping of polling per polling stations at 1,200, timely postal ballot counting, and compulsory handover of Form 17C for party agents.
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