“EC has zero tolerance towards any kind of violence, intimidation or inducement towards any elector,” the CEC is said to have told officials involved in poll conduct in the four states and one UT. An EC official said the slew of transfers in WB, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam is aimed at cleaning up administration and police of elements that have become pliable. “In states like WB, violence and intimidation have been features of polls.
This cycle has to stop,” the official said, adding that the deployment of 1,111 observers are steps in that direction.
