Chennai: The Election Commission is set to create a unique record of sorts with the appointment of five observers for the April 12 RK Nagar bypoll in Tamil Nadu – the highest in the country’s electoral history.
After a high-level review meeting chaired by Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha on Thursday, the government said such a deployment was “highest” in the country’s “history of elections”.
Following complaints by parties, including the DMK and the CPI(M), of alleged money distribution to the voters, the EC had days ago appointed two Special Observers to monitor expenditure in addition to the three deployed already.
Bureau Report
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