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A gathering to place and finalise expenditure-sensitive pockets successful presumption of the 2026 Puducherry Assembly Election was held astatine the Karaikal District Collectorate connected Saturday.
District Election Officer and Collector Ishita Rathi chaired the meeting, which was attended by General Expenditure Observers appointed by the Election Commission — V. Janardhanan, Piyush Kumar Angit, and Preeti Hooda.
Senior Superintendent of Police Laxmi Soujanya, on with Returning Officers, Assistant Returning Officers, officials successful complaint of predetermination expenditure monitoring, and members of Flying Squad Teams, Static Surveillance Teams, and Video Surveillance Teams, participated.
According to an authoritative release, elaborate discussions were held connected identifying expenditure-sensitive areas successful the district. Constituency-wise information were reviewed and assorted aspects related to monitoring predetermination expenditure during the canvass play were examined.
Ms. Rathi stressed connected the request for stringent surveillance successful identified delicate pockets and underscored the value of adjacent coordination betwixt enforcement agencies and predetermination authorities to guarantee effectual monitoring.
She directed the officials to fortify surveillance mechanisms successful accordance with the Election Commission’s guidelines and to instrumentality indispensable steps without delay.
The gathering concluded with an accent connected coordinated efforts among each departments to guarantee effectual functioning of predetermination expenditure monitoring systems and the behaviour of free, fair, and transparent elections.
