Cash seized in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Preparations for assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra are in full swing. At the same time, various agencies of the Election Commission are also on standby. During this election, electoral commission agencies seized three times more funds than in 2019. The Election Commission agencies have confiscated Rs 280 crore in Maharashtra and Rs 158 crore in Jharkhand. The agencies also seized liquor, drugs and precious metals along with cash worth Rs 558 crore.
The combined seizures in the two electoral states were 3.5 times that of the 2019 assembly elections. In 2019, Rs 103.61 million was seized in Maharashtra and Rs 187.6 million was seized in Jharkhand.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has warned against any form of solicitation during elections and the Election Commission has ordered officials to adopt a “zero tolerance” approach in the matter.
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The Electoral Commission has formed a joint team of agencies to stem the flow of drugs, free stuff, illicit liquor and cash.
The General Election Committee held an important meeting
Recently, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar held a meeting with senior officials of Maharashtra and Jharkhand and their neighboring states and Union Territories. The meeting was attended by chief secretaries, revenue commissioners, police chiefs and officials of law enforcement agencies concerned from the states and union territories concerned. The Chief Election Commissioner has directed to maintain strict vigilance on activities on inter-state borders.
He directed agencies to establish backward linkages of seizures for prevention. The Akola district police crime branch has seized liquor and seized drug ephedrine worth Rs 132 crore in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district.
SUVIDHA app helps in this way
With real-time reporting of seizures through ECI’s Election Sequestration Management System (ESMS), committees and agencies can conduct regular, accurate reviews of expenditure monitoring. 110 assembly constituencies in 91 states of Maharashtra and 19 states of Jharkhand are also being closely monitored and these have been identified as expenditure-sensitive constituencies for more targeted monitoring.
The Electoral Commission takes a strict stance against voter inducement and ensures that legitimate demands of political parties are responded to in a transparent manner to ensure a level playing field. In this regard, SUVIDHA app provides a lot of help to political parties and candidates. 18,045 election petitions were approved, including 8546 in Maharashtra and 6317 in Jharkhand.
