Mumbai: Right after the process for the very first section of the typical elections began with the submitting of nominations for 5 Lok Sabha seats in the Vidarbha location from March 20, the condition election authorities with the support of the police have seized Rs 27 crore in dollars, 17 lakh litres of liquor, 699 kg of medicine and 43 kg of important metals from various pieces of Maharashtra.
Of the Rs 27 crore, Rs 3.60 crore was seized from the Mumbai suburbs by itself, reported the state’s chief electoral officer S Chockalingam below on Saturday.
He however, clarified that the funds seized may not all be illegal and hence no offence has been registered instantly with the Economic Offences Wing of the police. ‘’Only soon after the verification an offence will be registered or the dollars returned if identified to be within just the stipulated norms,’’he extra.
He mentioned that in purchase to have free of charge and reasonable elections, the Election Fee has deployed 5 basic observers, 6 expenditure observers and 3 police observers in the 5 Lok Sabha constituencies like Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondia, Gadchiroli-Chimur and Chandrapur exactly where the final date for submitting nominations is March 27 and the polling is slated for April 19. In accordance to him, so significantly 1 nomination has been submitted in Ramtek, 2 each in Bhandara-Gondiya and Gadchiroli-Chimur when not a single one has been filed in Chandrapur constituency.
In Maharashtra, the registration of 1,84,841 new voters took put from March 17 to March 22. As on March 23, the total range of voters in all the 48 Lok Sabha seats of the state stands at 9,21,67,015.
Chockalingam mentioned that suitable steps are remaining taken to preserve regulation and buy in the state, specifically in the Maoist-infested Gadchiroli constituency for tranquil elections. So considerably 308 arms with out licence have been seized. Of the 77,148 licensed arms, action has been taken in the scenario of 45,755 pertaining to seizure, confiscation, or making it possible for the accredited arms holder to keep them as for each the licence provisions.
He claimed that the names of 300 candidates can be accommodated in the EVM but if the quantity will increase voting can be performed by means of a ballot paper.