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Right from paying bills of numerous breakfasts and lunches, these well-wishers sponsor anything and everything.
Right from paying bills of numerous breakfasts and lunches of the aspirants and their entourage, these well-wishers sponsor anything and everything from banners and flags to posters and pamphlets.
So how much money is going into these elections? No one really knows. As one candidate contesting from Ward No 1 put it, "There are so many people funding so many different things, it is very difficult to keep tabs of how much is getting spent where and by whom.
So coming up with a specific figure is next to impossible." While some modest candidates agree that they are spending anywhere between Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, grapevine has it that the expenditure has hit Rs 30 lakh.
So, where is the money going? Well, one does need to woo the voters. The flow of liquor has already started in several slums, which takes care of a big chunk of the budget.
Then, there are candidates who are charming their women voters by distributing sarees. The money is also used to feed the hungry voters, so to speak, with biryani and tandoori chicken.
Then there is the expenditure on self. One does need to go out and be visible for which there is a need to hire many open-top jeeps that sport banners and flags. Flags alone cost up to Rs 20,000 for each candidate.
While a majority of candidates are spending their time on such vanity, there are also aspirants like Anil Kumar Singh, who has no intentions of spending any money to win over people.
"Contesting SCB polls is for social service. One wants to be on the board to ensure that people are served properly and all irregularities are checked.
Having spent lakhs on wooing voters, the contestants who win will only serve themselves as they would want to get back the money they shelled out," Singh said.
What makes this all the more outrageous is that there is no means to keep tabs on election expenses. The Cantonment Act does not prescribe an upper limit up to which candidates can spend during the campaigning, unlike all Election Commission-supervised elections.
"There is no limit up to which people can spend. But if it comes on record that any candidate is distributing things to voters, he or she can be disqualified from the polls," SCB polls returning officer S Prabhakar Reddy said.
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