Chandigarh, Mar 30 (UNI) Election Commission has issued instructions asking candidates to open separate bank accounts only for the purpose of election expenditure.
Disclosing this here on Saturday, Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju said that in order to facilitate monitoring of election expenditure, each candidate is required to open a separate bank account exclusively for the purpose of election expenditure. This account shall be opened any time at least one day before the date on which the candidate intends to file his nomination papers.
The account number of this bank account shall be communicated by the candidate in writing to the RO at the time of filing of his nomination.