JAMMU, Nov 7:
More than 100 officers have been appointed to monitor expenditure of candidates and political parties during the five phase Assembly elections starting from November 25.
“Over 100 officers and officials have been posted in the Expenditure Monitoring Centre under the supervision of Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Jammu, G A Balwan who has been appointed as Nodal Officer for expenditure monitoring,” Chief Electoral Officer J&K, Umang Narula said today after inaugurating Expenditure Monitoring Centre here this afternoon.
He said the officials included Assistant Expenditure Observers, Accounting teams, Video Viewing Teams, MCMC Team and Expenditure Monitoring Cell.
Mr Narula further said there were three expenditure observers deployed by Election Commission of India for keeping an eye exclusively on the expenditure who will also be visiting the centre regularly for examining and checking accounts of the candidates.
The Centre has been established by the District Election Officer for monitoring of expenditure incurred by various candidates and political parties during ongoing Assembly Elections for 11-Assembly Constituencies of district Jammu.
All type of expenditure related information coming from various sources, are sent to the Expenditure Monitoring Cell and the Expenditure Monitoring Teams to calculate the expenditure as per the rates fixed by the District Election Officer and prepare a shadow register of the candidates.
“Eleven teams for every Assembly Constituencies have been placed which are equipped with viewing videos recorded from the field and computer for calculation and accounting of each and every candidate without any delay,” said the CEO, adding that four TV sets have been placed for watching each and every channel including local channels by the MCMC team and keep a check on various advertisements by the political parties and candidates who are further recorded for evidence purposes.
Mr Narula added that all the newspapers published in various languages are also scanned by the MCMC team for keeping an eye on the political advertisement and expenditure incurred by the candidates.
“They have also be provided facilities for monitoring of Facebook, Whatsapp, SMS and other internet related media violations, if any,” said the CEO.
CEO said any expenditure related complaint can also be logged on toll free number 1800-180-7082 which will be further sent to the flying squads for verification and details thereof in the Election Monitoring Cell. (AGENCIES)
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