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EC asks political parties to file statement of accounts

The Election Commission has asked political parties to file statement of accounts reflecting the election expenses at all levels and told them that it should be made public.

"The commission has also decided that the statement of accounts in connection with general elections will be placed in public domain in the manner it thinks fit," it said in a recent directive to leaders of all political parties.

The commission said the statements of expenditures at all future elections should be submitted in the revised format within 45 days after the date fixed for completion of the election.

It had come to the notice of the commission that in some cases, expenses incurred by the state and district level units of political parties were not reflected in the statements filed by them before the poll panel, it said.

In the absence of it, the commission could not conduct any worthwhile scrutiny of these statements, it said.

"It is, therefore, reiterated that the statement filed by a party should fully reflect the expenses incurred by all units of the party, including expenses incurred by committee, by whatever name called from the top to the district/constituency level of the party," the commission said.

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