ECI reviews Inter-State border preparedness; Directs strict vigil to ensure peaceful, inducement-free Bihar Assembly Elections 2025

Key Points

1. The Election Commission of India (ECI) held a coordination meeting on inter-State border issues for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections 2025.
2. The meeting involved Chief Secretaries, DGPs, and Principal Secretaries (Home) of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
3. CEC Shri Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, reviewed law-and-order arrangements.
4. The review focused on monitoring the movement of men, material, and money across state borders and the international border with Nepal.
5. Central agencies including NCB, Income Tax Department, CGST, and DRI were directed to intensify efforts to maximize seizures based on actionable intelligence.
6. The meeting aimed to ensure peaceful, free, fair, and inducement-free Bihar Assembly Elections 2025.