"In the recent past, the EC had received many complaints about election malpractices. In view of this, the EC took effective measures during last year's Bihar elections to curb money flow. The same guidelines will also be followed in Tamil Nadu assembly polls," Praveen Kumar told TOI.
Asserting that the election department would be very strict in enforcing the model code of conduct and implementing expenditure guidelines during elections, he said the video surveillance team would be put in place in all constituencies to monitor expenditure and model code of conduct.
According to him, candidates should open a new account as per the EC guidelines and all the election expenses should be transacted only through that account.
"About 2.5 election staff will be appointed and more than one lakh security personnel will be deployed during election time," Praveen Kumar said.
On his predecessors shrugging helplessness about checking irregularities during previous elections citing lack of sufficient poll staff, he said, "This time, we are trying to mobilise maximum number of persons to check all irregularities during campaign and also on polling day."
The election department will communicate to all political parties in the state about strict enforcement of the model code of conduct. "We will send letters to all political parties that the model code of conduct has come into existence," he said.
The EC will set up a webcast room at select polling stations. "The webcast, which is better than CCTVs, would be connected to the main server. All video will be captured in the polling stations which can be viewed live at the state election headquarters," he said.
According to the chief electoral officer, there will be more than 54,000 polling stations across the state. There will be six national parties and three state parties in the fray.
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