With the announcement of elections in five states of the country, the code of conduct has been implemented. In such a situation, on Thursday, enforcement agencies took major action in four states and one union territory. More than Rs 400 crore of illegal money has been seized from here. The Election Commission itself has given this information.
It has been told by the Election Commission that such a huge amount of illegal money has been seized after the electronic seizure management system was activated. The Election Commission said that a total of Rs 408.82 crore has been seized. These include cash worth Rs 17.44 crore, liquor worth Rs 37.568 crore, intoxicants worth Rs 167.38 crore, precious metals worth Rs 23 crore and free gifts worth more than Rs 163.30 crore.
Earlier on March 15, the Election Commission had announced the schedule of assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory Puducherry. Of these, by-elections were announced in 6 states.
Commission alert regarding monitoring during elections
Strict arrangements have been made by the Commission to maintain discipline in the elections. Here, immediate action is being taken on the complaints in the states and union territories. More than 5,173 flying squads have been deployed for this. Apart from these, more than 5,200 static surveillance teams have been deployed.
On March 24, the Commission had also called a high-level review meeting with the Chief Secretaries, Director Generals of Police, Chief Electoral Officers and senior officers of the Union Territories and their bordering 12 States and Union Territories, including the five electoral states.
Instructions have been issued during the meeting to ensure violence-free, fear-free, and inducement-free elections through better coordination among the enforcement agencies. Also, the public should not be harassed in any way due to regular investigation. Apart from this, District Grievance Committees have been formed to resolve the complaints.
Complaints related to violation of code of conduct can be made on this app
The Commission has informed about the huge participation of people through its C-Vigil app. Through this app, citizens and political parties can report complaints related to violation of the code of conduct. A total of 70,944 complaints have been received in the last 10 days (between March 15 and March 25). Of these, 70,831 complaints have been resolved. Nearly 95.8 percent of the complaints have been resolved within 100 minutes.
Besides, a special arrangement has also been made for redressal of complaints. These also include a call center helpline. Through this, citizens can directly contact the district election officials with their complaints.
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