<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-us">ElectionCommission says it is determined to curb abuse of money power during elections.Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said in New Delhi yesterday that theCommission has issued detailed guidelines to monitor election expenditureincurred by candidates and political parties. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-us"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-us">Hesaid conducting clean elections is now one of the biggest challenges given theprevalent abuse of money power.  <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-us"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:en-us">Earlier,the Commission held a Multi-Departmental Committee meeting on ElectionIntelligence to discuss the issue.</span></p>