JALANDHAR
As per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India, the final account reconciliation was held today on the 26th day of the declaration of results for the recent bye-poll of Jalandhar West Assembly Constituency in the presence of Expenditure Observer Expenditure Observer Minu Susan Abraham here at District Administration Complex.
Today, The Expenditure Observer conducted a cross-checking of the shadow expenditure registers with that of the registers being maintained by the contested candidates.
The teams of the accounting officers compared the expenditure registers of the candidates of several political parties along with Independent candidates.
During the cross-checking, the expenditure register and other records like cash book, bank voucher, and bank statements were cross-examined.
Notably, any candidate for the Assembly Elections could spend only Rs 40 lakh during the canvassing for the election. This expenditure was being monitored from the date of filing of nominations to the day of counting including winning procession by the successful candidate. The monitoring trams ensured that the Shadow Observation Register was duly maintained which was being cross-checked with that maintained by the candidates. On this occasion Additional Commissioner Jalandhar MCJ Amarjit Bains, Election Kanoongo Rakesh Kumar, Assistant Returning Officer Dr. Dinesh, and Members of accounting teams were present.