BIHAR ELECTION: 2 excise officials suspended by EC, 4 others transferred
Date: 24/10/2020
The committee (EC) has suspended two excise superintendents and transferred four others for not demonstrating "alertness and effectiveness" within the seizure of liquor in poll-bound Bihar, a politician said.
The EC gave the directives during this regard during a review meeting held via video-conference with the observers of the 78 Assembly constituencies that are getting to polls within the first round of the three-phase Bihar polls on October 28, Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) Sanjay Kumar Singh said during a release on Friday.
The poll panel noticed that the performance of some districts in terms of expenditure monitoring, including control on excise activities, has been dismal, he said, quoting EC officials.
"Excise in-charges of those districts haven't demonstrated alertness and effectiveness within the seizure of liquor, which vitiates the electoral environment," Singh said.
Nitin Kumar and Bipin Kumar, the excise superintendents of Arwal and Sheikhpura districts respectively, are suspended, the discharge said.
According to it, excise superintendents Krishna Murari (Jehanabad), Devendra Kumar (Buxar), Shailendra Choudhary (Lakhisarai) and Sanjeev Thakur (Jamui) are transferred with immediate effect.
During the review meeting, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora asked the authorities concerned to expedite the search and seizure operations within the state so as to further improve and strengthen the electoral environment for holding free-and-fair polls.
The EC reviewed the general poll preparations, be it the difficulty of coaching or providing facilities to elderly voters, Singh said.
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