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Admitting that the behaviour of elections successful the Union Territory (UT) was challenging due to the fact that of the “expenditure sensitivity” of constituencies, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P. Jawahar connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) said respective measures, including the usage of drone technology, are being contemplated to forestall the organisation of currency for votes successful each 30 Assembly segments successful the UT.
“The elections successful the UT are held ever successful a precise peaceful manner. There is lone 1 contented that we confront, and that is the expenditure sensitivity of each 30 constituencies successful the region. There is simply a inclination to administer and person currency for votes. It is the azygous astir situation that we look successful the behaviour of polls successful the UT,” the CEO said portion participating successful a media predisposition programme organised by the Press Information Bureau.
Appealing to the voters not to promote the inclination of organisation of currency and gifts for votes, the CEO said the voters should ponder “whether the wealth that they instrumentality from the campaigner was truly going to marque immoderate betterment successful their life. That should beryllium the honorable question that everyone should beryllium asking. Even if it’s going to be ₹1 oregon ₹1,000, the currency inducement volition not marque overmuch quality successful an individual’s life.”
Lauding a household successful Mudaliarpet for displaying a committee successful beforehand of their location informing candidates against giving wealth for votes, Mr. Jawahar said electors should discourage candidates from offering wealth oregon gifts for votes. Stating that the Election Department was determined to halt the practice, the CEO said that nether the Prevention of Corruption Act, the idiosyncratic distributing and receiving wealth are liable to beryllium punished.
“We are hopeless to halt the inducement practice. The section has plans to deploy drones successful each the constituencies to show campaigning by candidates. The hi-tech drones volition beryllium susceptible of capturing the images, including those receiving and distributing cash. We privation to caution the voters good successful beforehand that accepting currency volition beryllium liable for punishment,” helium said.
The CEO said surveillance successful each the 30 constituencies has been stepped up instantly aft the Model Code of Conduct came into force. The MCC enforcement squad connected Wednesday (March 25) nighttime seized astir 3,157 grams of golden worthy ₹4.5 crore. The seized golden has been deposited successful the treasury, helium added.
Speaking astatine the event, Senior Superintendent of Police, Law and Order, R. Kalaivanan, said the surveillance teams person truthful acold seized ₹25 lakh successful cash, 1,500 litres of liquor, and 1,500 kg of banned baccy items. Around 19 static cheque posts person been established successful the Puducherry portion unsocial for round-the-clock surveillance to forestall inducement of voters and MCC violations. Apart from teams deployed astatine the cheque posts, 24 enforcement agencies are moving towards making the elections escaped and transparent.
Around 550 persons with transgression past person been taken into preventive custody and 42 radical person been exterminated. Besides the deployment of astir 3,500 unit belonging to the Puducherry police, 45 companies of Central Armed Police Forces would beryllium deployed for elections work successful Puducherry. Ten companies of CAPF person already reached the portion and the remaining would get successful a fewer days, helium said.
