{"id":15070,"date":"2024-04-15T11:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=15070"},"modified":"2024-04-15T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T11:02:20","slug":"lok-sabha-polls-seizure-worth-rs-4650-crore-made-45-of-them-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/lok-sabha-polls-seizure-worth-rs-4650-crore-made-45-of-them-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha Polls | Seizure Worth Rs 4,650 Crore Made; 45% Of Them Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Apr 15: The <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/centre-accords-z-category-vip-security-cover-to-cec-rajiv-kumar\/\">Election Commission<\/a> on Monday said authorities under its supervision have made seizure worth Rs 4,650 crore, including drugs worth Rs 2069 crore, in the run up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cong-nc-finalise-seat-sharing-for-ls-polls-in-j-each-to-contest-3-constituencies\/\">Lok Sabha elections<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe poll panel said the seizures made since March 1 exceed the over Rs 3,475 crore recovered during the 2019 parliamentary polls.<br \/>\nThe seven phased <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/after-decades-polls-taking-place-in-jk-without-fear-of-terrorism-cross-border-firing-pm-modi\/\">Lok Sabha polls<\/a> were announced on March 16. The first phase is on April 19 and the last one on June 1.<br \/>\nThe Commission said authorities have been making seizures worth Rs 100 crore every day since March 1.<br \/>\nOut of the total recoveries worth Rs 4,658 crore, the cash component stands at over Rs 395 crore, while liquor stands at more than Rs 489 crore.<br \/>\nSignificantly, 45 per cent of the seizures are of drugs (Rs 2,069 crore).<br \/>\nUse of black money, over and above political financing, could disturb the level playing field in favour of more resourceful party or candidate, it noted, adding that the seizures are a critical part of its resolve to hold the Lok Sabha elections free of inducements and electoral malpractices and to ensure a level playing field.<br \/>\nDrug seizures accounted for approximately 75 per cent of the total seizures in January and February this year with the poll panel focussing on the menace much before the poll schedule was announced.<br \/>\nOver the past few years, significant seizures have been made during elections to state assemblies in Gujarat, Punjab, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and Mizoram.<br \/>\nCEC Rajiv Kumar, while announcing the polls last month, had underlined money power as one of the \u20184M\u2019 challenges, the poll authority recalled.<br \/>\nThe poll panel pointed out that it has been taking action to ensure level playing field such as checking vehicles of prominent leaders and even removing officials for laxity in carrying out their mandate.<br \/>\nThe Commission, it said, has also taken strict action against nearly 106 government servants who were found assisting politicians in campaigning, which is against various rules and ethics.<br \/>\nEC sources also pointed out that there was \u201cnothing new\u201d in search of helicopters, as was done in case of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee.<br \/>\nIn the run-up to the polls, all district magistrates and superintendents of police were told to keep a strict watch on airfields and helipads. Such searches are taking place in airfields, both public and private, across the country to ensure inducements are not ferried by air, the said<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15071\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15071\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-15-at-4.30.32-PM-300x208.png\" alt=\"Lok Sabha Polls | Seizure Worth Rs 4,650 Crore Made; 45% Of Them Drugs\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lok Sabha Polls | Seizure Worth Rs 4,650 Crore Made; 45% Of Them Drugs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Apr 15: The Election Commission on Monday said authorities under its supervision have made seizure worth Rs 4,650 crore, including drugs worth Rs 2069 crore, in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections. 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