EC makes record seizures worth Rs 331 cr ahead of Assembly polls
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Wed, Mar 17 2021 20:21 IST
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Election Commission of India. Nov 1, 2019. (File Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 17 : The Election Commission has made record seizures amounting to Rs 331.47 crore under the expenditure monitoring process in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, even ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.
The record seizures have been made even though polling is yet to start in these states/Union Territory, as it is slated between March 27 and April 26.
The seizures have already surpassed the total seizures made in Assembly elections to these states/UT in 2016.