ECI Orders Weekly Law-and-Order Reports in Bengal to Guide CAPF for 2026 Polls
Weekly district reports will inform CAPF planning for a possible one- or two-phase vote.
Overview
- District magistrates will file weekly, district-wise law-and-order updates to the West Bengal CEO, who will compile and send them to the Election Commission.
- Senior EC officials held a preparatory meeting with CEOs of poll-bound Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to review CAPF needs and polling personnel.
- The Commission has appointed 15 nodal agencies to support its ongoing law-and-order reviews in the run-up to the Bengal Assembly election.
- Sources indicate a proposal to compress voting to one or two phases, which would require a higher CAPF presence than in 2016 and 2021.
- Security planning under discussion includes tighter checks on unaccounted money, preventing inflow of arms and outsiders with criminal records, and heightened border surveillance.