ECI holds the record of highest incentives ever in the 75-year history of Lok Sabha elections in the country’
Srinagar, (CNI): In a crackdown on the power of money, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday said it has seized Rs 4 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs and freebies in Jammu and Kashmir. have been seized and he will continue his campaign in the future of the Lok Sabha elections.
In a statement issued to news agency- CURRENT NEWS OF INDIA (CNI), ECI said that with General Election 2024, ECI is on record for the highest incentives ever in the 75-year history of Lok Sabha elections. Country ECI cracks down on money power: Rs 100 crore seized every day from March 1 Rs 4650 crore seized even before polling begins Over and above the overall seizure in the 2019 elections, the ECI said the crackdown will continue to be tough and unabated as the 2024 general elections continue. “The ECI holds the record for the highest incentives ever in the 75-year history of Lok Sabha elections in the country. “Enforcement agencies have seized a record of over Rs. 4650 crore in the ECI’s determined fight against the power of money even before polling for the first phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections began on Friday.
This marks a sharp increase over the Rs 3,475 crore seized during the entire Lok Sabha elections in 2019. “Importantly, 45% of the seizures are of drugs and narcotics, which are the special focus of the commission. These seizures are the result of comprehensive planning, extensive cooperation and coordinated deterrence action by agencies, active citizen participation and the use of black money, more than political financing, can disrupt the level playing field in favor of parties or candidates with more resources in certain geographies CIK is an important part of the commitment to rid Lok Sabha elections of greed and electoral corruption and ensure a level playing field.
The ECI said the commission had always stressed during the reviews that there would be multi-dimensional monitoring of all modes of transport – check posts and bridges for road transport, coastal routes. DMs and SPs with Coast Guard and agencies for airways including checking airways. Helicopters and unscheduled flights
In January and February 2024, the months before the official announcement, another Rs 7,502 crore was seized across the country in the form of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and freebies, the ECI said. The ECI said this took the total seizure so far to over Rs 12,000 crore with six weeks left in the election period.
According to ECI data,
In J&K, cash worth Rs 1.2466890 crore, liquor worth Rs 0.6300640 crore, drugs worth Rs 2.3529220 crore, precious metal worth Rs 0.0025800 crore, free goods/other items worth Rs 0.0559150 crore. “The total value of seizures in Jammu and Kashmir is Rs 4.2881700 crore,” the ECI statement said.(CNI)