National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
A meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Deputy
Commissioner-cum-District Electoral Officer, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar with the
representatives of various Banks in the city to discuss the implementation of
guidelines contained in the Compendium of instructions on Election expenditure
and Standard Operating Procedure for transportation of cash by ATM vans. The
representatives were directed to keep a strict vigil on the election-related
expenditure by the candidates and political parties during the Lok Sabha
Elections 2019 as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India. They
were asked to report unusual and suspicious cash withdrawals or deposit of cash
exceeding Rs. 1 lakh during the process of election, unusual transfer of amount
by RTGS to the account of several persons without any precedent of such
transfer, or suspicious transactions which might be used to bribe the electors
during the election process.The representatives were also informed about the
proper implementation of the standard operating procedure for transportation of
cash by ATM vans. Directions were passed to ensure that the cash vans of
outsourced agencies/companies carrying the bank's cash shall not, under any
circumstances, carry cash of any third party agencies/individuals except the
bank. The outsourced agencies/companies shall carry letters/ documents
including the authorization letters and also the personnel of the outsourced
agencies accompanying cash van shall carry identity cards issued by the
respective agencies. The District Electoral Officer directed the banks to open
hassle-free bank accounts for the candidates who have filled their nomination
papers and set up special counters for them. He further stated that for greater
transparency and for ease of monitoring of election expenses, candidates would
be required to open a separate bank account and incur their election expenses
from that very account.
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