AGARTALA: After the law enforcement agencies seized over Rs 9.36 crore in a month in poll-bound Tripura, the main Opposition CPM on Saturday demanded adequate action against those involved in illegal transaction of money.
Tripura Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said that between November 24 and December 23, various law enforcement agencies have seized Rs 9,36,50,449 in Tripura, while the total seized amount during the 2018 Assembly election was Rs 2,57,19,000.
Assuring that the enforcement drives would continue till the election and a level playing field would be ensured for all stakeholders, Dinkarrao said that the Election Commission (EC) has directed the CEOs of all poll-bound States to activate the nodal agencies of Election Expenditure Monitoring (EEM).
In November, as per the instruction of the EC, the EEM agencies were brought under the umbrella of the CEOs.
The EEM agencies include Income Tax, Tripura Excise, Central GST, State GST, Tripura Police, BSF, Narcotics control, Enforcement Directorate.
"While curbing the menace of money and muscle power, the EC also ensures that the general public does not face any inconvenience. In fact, all-out efforts are made to ensure that the common man on the ground is sensitized to become a stakeholder in aiding and assisting the EC mechanism in combating the menace of bribery of voters and other corrupt practices, polluting the electoral system", the CEO said in a statement.
Demanding to know the source of the recovered money of Rs 9,36,50,449, CPM Tripura State secretary Jitendra Chowdhury said in a letter to the CEO that it must be made clear whether the money seized is black money or unaccounted money. (IANS)
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