Imphal: Unlike in the past, expenditure of candidates for the Manipur Assembly elections will be closely monitored by the IT department, officials said on Monday.
About 55 officials from Directorate of Income Tax will arrive in the state capital in the next few days to oversee expenditures and excesses of poll candidates.
Officials said the officials would work in groups and shall be deployed at all district headquarters to do their monitoring work.
Chief Election Commissioner S Y Qurashi has directed candidates to open new bank accounts for making all poll-related payments.
The 10th assembly polls in Manipur for 60 seats would be held on January 28 and the counting will begin on March 4.
About 55 officials from Directorate of Income Tax will arrive in the state capital in the next few days to oversee expenditures and excesses of poll candidates.
Officials said the officials would work in groups and shall be deployed at all district headquarters to do their monitoring work.
The 10th assembly polls in Manipur for 60 seats would be held on January 28 and the counting will begin on March 4.
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