April 04, 2021
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In Tamil Nadu, cash and ‘kind’ together valued at ₹428.46 crore have been seized so far since the election was announced to the State Assembly and the lone by-poll for the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat to be held simultaneously on April 6.
The seizure includes ₹225.5 crore in cash; precious metal (gold, silver, diamond and other ornaments) worth ₹176.11 crore; liquor (2,75,293 litres) worth ₹4.61 crore and other items valued at ₹20.01 crore, says a press release issued by State Election Commission.
In Tamil Nadu, 105 Expenditure Sensitive Constituencies were identified, and extra efforts as mandated by Election Commission of India (ECI) were strengthened.
Expenditure sensitive pockets were identified, and the teams have been directed to be extra vigilant during the last 72 hours. Four State Nodal Officers – 2 for Expenditure, 1 Police, 1 General Observer have been appointed by the ECI to oversee all the aspects of Election Expenditure Monitoring. A
From the beginning, personal attacks and counterattacks were a regular feature among the two Dravidian majors.
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Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami Campaigning at Codissia Ground in Coimbatore city on Thursday. (Photo | EPS/U Rakesh Kumar)
Express News Service
CHENNAI: Like any other general election, this time too, trivial issues such as personal attacks, emotional outbursts, and below-the-belt remarks are driving the campaign. But in this election, the dose of trivia has exceeded from the very beginning and as a result, actual issues have been pushed to a back-seat.
For the current Assembly elections, the campaign has started much ahead of the notification more than three months ago. From the beginning, personal attacks and counterattacks were a regular feature among the two Dravidian majors. As the day advanced, the arguments heated up, and ‘fake message war’ started in the social media by giving false info regarding each other’s e