The Karnataka state Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena has said that money power and urban voter apathy are the primary concerns addressed by the electoral office during the upcoming Assembly election in Karnataka. He was addressing media persons in Bengaluru on Wednesday following the Assembly election date announced by the Chief Election Commissioner. Mr Meena said that 947 check posts across the State and 171 among them at the inter-State borders are watching the movement of goods meant to be used for voters' inducement. The police, excise, IT, revenue, narcotics, and GST enforcement agencies have seized cash, liquor, gold, and silver articles worth 58 crore rupees in the last two weeks and 1985 FIRs were filed.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Out of these, 172 are related to the inducement of voters. The Chief Electoral Officer said that civil society will be involved to report on such practices violating the Model Code of Conduct that has come into being on Wednesday. Speaking about the ways to reduce urban voters' apathy, Mr Meena said that first-time voters are encouraged to vote, and household visits are being planned in the booths where the voters' turnout was least in the 2018 assembly election. The celebrities will be appealing to the voters to vote and a mobile app will be introduced that will tell them about the parking space around their booth and the queue status in their respective booths. He informed that 2,79,752 polling personnel will be deputed to ensure free and fair elections in the State.</span><br />