Observers to cross-check shadow registers today

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, May 13

Expenditure observers for the Jalandhar parliamentary constituency will hold the second cross-checking of shadow registers with registers maintained by candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections at the District Administrative Complex here tomorrow.

The expenditure observers, Preeti Chaudhary and Amit Shukla, would conduct the cross-checking to ensure that candidates adhere to the limit of spending the maximum amount of Rs 70 lakh during the poll. A strict vigil was being kept on the entire expenditure being made by the candidates during the elections. The expenditure was being monitored from the date of filing of nominations to the day of counting, including the winning procession by successful candidates, by teams led by assistant expenditure observers.

On May 14, expenditure registers of candidates of the BJP-SAD, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Ambedkar National Congress, the Peoples Party of India (Democratic), the Hum Bharatiya Party, the Republican Party of India (A), the Bahujan Mukti Party and Independents Amrish Kumar, Sukhdev Singh and Neetu will be compared with their shadow registers from 10.30 am to 1 pm.

Expenditure registers of candidates belonging to the Indian National Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Shiv Sena, the Bharat Parbhat Party, Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar), National Justice Party and Independents, including Upkar Singh, Valmika-charya Swami Nitya Anand and Kashmir, will be compared from 2.30 pm to 5 pm.

This checking was mandatory for all contesting candidates who must bring their expenditure registers and other records such as cash book and bank vouchers statements during the cross-checking by the expenditure observers. A similar exercise would also be held by the observers on May 18, a day before the polling.

Fact file

Expenditure registers of candidates belonging to the Indian National Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Shiv Sena, the Bharat Parbhat Party, Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar), National Justice Party and Independents, will be compared from 2.30 pm to 5 pm.