Candidates will now be able to spend up to 40 lakhs in elections, know till when the election dates will be announced

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: The Election Commission has increased the expenditure limit of the candidates in the assembly elections from Rs 28 lakh to Rs 40 lakh. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram assembly elections are to be held later this year. It is believed that this time in Madhya Pradesh assembly elections alone, more than Rs 2500 crore will be spent. Investigating agencies are keeping an eye on the excessive expenditure and flow of illegal money.

The Election Commission discussed with the officers of the Income Tax Department after discussing election preparations with the Collector and SP of 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The commission has asked the officials to keep a watch on the expenditure. The Election Commission team from Delhi discussed with the Chief Secretary, DGP and other officials. It came to the fore in the meeting that the seizure of 2018 should not be made a basis. In the elections held in Gujarat and Karnataka, seizure has increased 10 times in the last five years.

When can elections be announced

The 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh was constituted on 13 December 2018. In this context, it is necessary to constitute the 16th Legislative Assembly before 13th December. The Commission’s commission may come to MP soon. It is believed that the election program will be released between October 6 and 8. Voting is possible between November 25 and 30.

Vigilance is being exercised so that illegal money is not used in elections. The Commission held a meeting with Income Tax, Enforcement Directorate (ED), Narcotics, Central GST, State GST, Airport Authority, State Civil Aviation, CISF and RPF officers on Wednesday For the first time, State Aviation has been told that if a chartered aircraft arrives at any airstrip in the state, then the Income Tax Department will have to be informed about it.

transfer of officers

Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains said that whatever the instructions of the Election Commission will be, they will be followed. According to the instructions of the commission, the transfer of the officers who have been at one place for three years and the transfer of the officers of the home district will be done at other places by 31st July. DGP Sudhir Saxena said that additional force would be needed in Balaghat, Dindori and Mandla districts. The Election Commission asked to emphasize on this.

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