{"id":14226,"date":"2024-04-02T09:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=14226"},"modified":"2024-04-02T09:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:38:05","slug":"ec-appoints-special-observers-in-states-to-ensure-level-playing-field-in-ls-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/ec-appoints-special-observers-in-states-to-ensure-level-playing-field-in-ls-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"EC Appoints Special Observers In States To Ensure Level Playing Field In LS Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Apr 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/nomination-for-second-phase-of-lok-sabha-elections-for-all-12-states-uts-to-start-from-today\/\">Election Commission<\/a> on Tuesday appointed special observers for <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/ac-approves-jk-film-policy-2024\/\">administrative<\/a>, security and expenditure monitoring purposes in several states to ensure a level playing field during the upcoming elections.The special observers \u2014 former civil servants with brilliant track record \u2014 have been tasked with overseeing the electoral process with strict vigilance, particularly against the backdrop of challenges posed by the influence of money, muscle and misinformation, the poll panel said.<br \/>\nSpecial Observers (General and Police) have been deployed in West Bengal, <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cbi-summons-akhilesh-yadav-on-friday-in-illegal-mining-cases\/\">Uttar Pradesh<\/a>, Maharashtra, and Bihar where the population is more than seven crore and also in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha where the simultaneous elections to the Assemblies are to be held, the poll authority said.<br \/>\nSpecial Expenditure Observers have also been deployed in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha, it said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14227\" style=\"width: 300px\" 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