The Senate body's session held under the chair of Senator Mohammad Humayun Mohmand on Tuesday sought details regarding the salaries of the electoral watchdog members and employees, as well as their travel expenses and the expenditures for the February 8 nationwide polls.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy shed light on the importance of money power in South politics and said the subject of finance is rooted in the rising expenditure required in elections.
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): The Election Commission of India's expenditure limit committee has sought suggestions from recognised national and state political parties on expenditure limit of a candidate for future elections. The last date of submitting the suggestion is Dec 31.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 26 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to implement electoral reforms aimed at preventing corruption and criminality in the polls.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Feb.1 (ANI): In connection with the ensuing Assembly election, the chief electoral officer of Manipur and his expenditure monitoring team have taken steps to up the drive to check poll-related costs.