<span style="color: #222222;">Ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly election, the Assam Excise department has conducted a series of meetings with their counterparts from the neighbouring states of Arunachal Pradesh and  Meghalaya. Official sources said that there was  an apprehension that clandestine in-flow of liquor into the state from neighbouring states may play a role in influencing the electorate before and during the assembly election.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Assam Excise Department has already taken initiative to keep a strict vigil to control and check the inflow of illegal liquor through Inter-State and International Border. In this connection, recently a meeting was held by the Excise Department of Assam in connection with inter-state and district co-ordination for enforcement of excise laws  at Sonitpur between the officials of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The issue of illegal liquor through the inter-state border specially Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border was discussed with an appeal to give special attention to these aspects. It was decided in the meeting to ensure the reporting of the entry and exit of every vehicle carrying consignments of liquor plying between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.</span><br />''