The Election Commission on Saturday said that it will set up a new unit in the next two to three months which will verify affidavits and expenditure statements filed by candidates to strengthen the poll monitoring process. Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said that the new division with officers from the income tax service will look after the expenditure monitoring division and look into all the funding issues. He was speaking at a seminar on electoral reforms in New Delhi.
News On AIR | November 21, 2009 6:28 PM
EC introduces measures to consolidate poll process