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Khadoor Sahib expenditure observer inspects poll activities

Kapurthala, May 14 Anurag Tripathi, expenditure observer of the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency and IRS officer, today visited here to inspect poll-related expenses activities and monitoring measures. The expenditure observer met Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal and...
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Kapurthala, May 14

Anurag Tripathi, expenditure observer of the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency and IRS officer, today visited here to inspect poll-related expenses activities and monitoring measures.

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The expenditure observer met Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Panchal and other officers to get info about the expenditure being incurred by candidates in the Kapurthala and Sultanpur Lodhi Assembly segments.

Panchal apprised the observer that flying squads and static surveillance teams were working round the clock to keep a close tab on different activities. He said district police and paramilitary forces jointly laid nakas to check the movement of liquor, cash and suspicious activities so as to ensure free and fair elections.

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As per the instructions of the Election Commission, monitoring units were fully functional to check any illegal activities, he said.

Kapurthala SSP Vatsala Gupta said teams of the district police and paramilitary forces wre fully prepared to maintain law and order during the elections. The teams are fully vigilance to timely check the movement of liquor and cash, if any.

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