The Election Commission has reactivated its economic intelligence panel after a gap of six years to curb the use of money, liquor and drugs to influence voters ahead of the Bihar polls.
The Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence (MDCEI) met here on Friday for the first time since 2019 to fine-tune the strategy of enforcement agencies and central police forces to prevent the use of money power and freebies to sway voters in poll-bound Bihar.
The committee was formed in 2014 ahead of that year’s general elections.
Officials said the committee met ahead of polls between 2014 and 2019, but did not do so formally thereafter. Agency and security forces’ heads had been meeting to strategise steps to check money power. On Friday, they met on a bigger scale.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were present at the meeting.
The committee includes 17 departments — Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indire​The Election Commission has reactivated its economic intelligence panel after a gap of six years to curb the use of money, liquor and drugs to influence voters ahead of the Bihar polls.
The Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence (MDCEI) met here on Friday for the first time since 2019 to fine-tune the strategy of enforcement agencies and central police forces to prevent the use of money power and freebies to sway voters in poll-bound Bihar.
The committee was formed in 2014 ahead of that year’s general elections.
Officials said the committee met ahead of polls between 2014 and 2019, but did not do so formally thereafter. Agency and security forces’ heads had been meeting to strategise steps to check money power. On Friday, they met on a bigger scale.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were present at the meeting.
The committee includes 17 departments — Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indire ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
