Chennai, March 17 -- Even as Tamil Nadu was gearing up for the April 23 polling, cash and goods worth Rs 28.23 crore have been seized till date by Flying squads and static surveillance teams across the state, Chief Electoral Officer Ms Archana Patnaik said on Tuesday.
The ECI has formed 321 teams of observers, including General observers, police observers and expenditure observer teams for the Tamil Nadu elections.
In a press release here, Ms Archana Patnaik cited the Election Expenditure Monitoring and enforcement measures put in place in Tamil Nadu and said the meticulous monitoring and accounting of candidates' election expenditureare being undertaken with the primary objective of ensuring fairness for all contesting candidates, irresp...