TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Election Commission said record seizures worth Rs 331 crore have been made so far in the four poll-going states and Puducherry as part of the expenditure monitoring process.
The seizures already surpass the total seizures made in assembly elections to these states and the union territory in 2016, it said.
“Significant point is that record seizures have been made even though polling is yet to start,” the commission said in a statement.
A maximum of Rs 127.64 crore worth seizures have been made in Tamil Nadu, while Rs 112.59 crore worth seizures have been made from West Bengal.
For effective monitoring to curb black money in assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry, the poll panel has deployed 295 expenditure observers.
