AIZAWL: The Election Commission on Monday mentioned Mizoram witnessed a major haul of medicine valued at Rs 29.82 crore before the assembly elections. However, no money or valuable metals had been recovered from the state.
The Election Commission reported a cumulative seizure of over Rs 1,760 crore in freebies, medicine, money, liquor and valuable metals throughout the 5 poll-bound states.
Since the announcement of the polls on October 9, the overall worth of seizures has surpassed seven instances the determine recorded in the course of the earlier assembly elections in 2018, amounting to Rs 239.15 crore, the Election Commission mentioned.
Telangana emerged on high with drug seizures valued at Rs 103.74 crore, accompanied by valuable metals worth Rs 191.02 crore being recovered from the state. In Mizoram, authorities seized freebies and different objects valued at Rs 15.16 crore. A complete of Rs 341.24 crore worth of freebies and different objects had been recovered from throughout 5 states.
Despite being a dry state, liquor worth Rs 4.67 crore was confiscated from Mizoram.
Though Mizoram witnessed no seizure of money or valuable metals, authorities recovered medicine valued at Rs 29.82 crore.
To guarantee vigilant oversight, the Election Commission deployed 228 officers from varied companies as expenditure observers, designating 194 assembly constituencies as “expenditure sensitive” seats.
The Election Commission reported a cumulative seizure of over Rs 1,760 crore in freebies, medicine, money, liquor and valuable metals throughout the 5 poll-bound states.
Since the announcement of the polls on October 9, the overall worth of seizures has surpassed seven instances the determine recorded in the course of the earlier assembly elections in 2018, amounting to Rs 239.15 crore, the Election Commission mentioned.
Telangana emerged on high with drug seizures valued at Rs 103.74 crore, accompanied by valuable metals worth Rs 191.02 crore being recovered from the state. In Mizoram, authorities seized freebies and different objects valued at Rs 15.16 crore. A complete of Rs 341.24 crore worth of freebies and different objects had been recovered from throughout 5 states.
Despite being a dry state, liquor worth Rs 4.67 crore was confiscated from Mizoram.
Though Mizoram witnessed no seizure of money or valuable metals, authorities recovered medicine valued at Rs 29.82 crore.
To guarantee vigilant oversight, the Election Commission deployed 228 officers from varied companies as expenditure observers, designating 194 assembly constituencies as “expenditure sensitive” seats.
