The election to the Telangana Legislative Assembly is indeed turning out to be a costly affair.
The enforcement agencies that sprung into action since the announcement of election schedule on October 9 have seized cash, liquor, gold/silver and other valuables worth ₹130.26 crore till Tuesday, the ninth day of announcement of schedule for the forthcoming Assembly elections due on November 30.
The election authority seized cash, liquor and other materials worth ₹21.84 crore on Tuesday alone indicating the magnitude of the efforts of the political parties to garner votes through distribution of the freebies to allure voters. This takes the total amount of cash seizure to ₹71.55 crore, up ₹12 crore from the total seizures on Monday. Seizure of liquor was 52,091 litres, close to 8,000 litres higher than the previous day indicates the magnitude with which the main contesting parties are trying to influence voters offering allurements.
