In run-up to Lok Sabha elections, EC pads up to check illegal poll spending

EC asks tax sleuths, other departments to track each candidate's expenditure

In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections later this year, the Election Commission of India (EC) has chalked out a stringent plan with different enforcement agencies to ensure that there are no illegal cash transactions during campaigning. 

On February 2, the EC officials met their peers in the income-tax (I-T) department and other agencies, and asked them to monitor election expenditure of each candidate. An official privy to the development said tabs will be kept on unofficial cash flow.

At present, the I-T department seizes cash of unexplained transactions of Rs 10 lakh or more.

The EC also met