Suryaa News Desk: District Election Expenditure Observer B. Vijayakumar conducted a video conference from his office in Vijayawada on Wednesday with Assistant Expenditure Observers and district nodal officers regarding the MPTC and ZPTC elections. During the meeting, he provided guidance on the preparation, documentation, and verification of election expenditure reports to be submitted following the polling process.
Vijayakumar instructed officials to comprehensively record details concerning candidate complaints, actions taken, pending cases, and the maintenance of registers. He emphasized the need to document seizures of cash, liquor, and other items, as well as issues related to paid news. Furthermore, he directed officials to thoroughly examine expenditures related to public meetings, rallies, processions, daily candidate expenditure registers, and political party expenses.
Flying squads, static surveillance teams, and video surveillance teams were ordered to remain vigilant and submit their records daily. Vijayakumar stated that every aspect of election expenditure must be recorded transparently with supporting evidence. He further directed that signed reports must be submitted within the specified deadline after the completion of polling.