The Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi has instructed the Bihar administration to gear up to tackle any eventuality and conduct assembly elections in a free and fair manner. While reviewing the election preparedness with DMs and SPs of those districts where poll is to be held, Mr. Quraishi laid stress on preparing a contingency plan to tackle the threat from Maoists in Naxal infested areas of the state.The Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi along with two other Commissioners V.S. Sampath and H.S. Brahma are holding review meeting of poll preparedness at Patna for the impeding Assembly elections. The Chief Election Commissioner said that all roads in extremist-hit areas should be sanitised before the polls and vulnerability mapping to identify sensitive pockets should be prepared in advance The commission took a feedback from DMs about the requirement of force especially Central para military forces for deployment at booths on polling days.