The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced August 5, 2019, as the date of polling for the Vellore Parliamentary constituency of Tamil Nadu. The Poll Commission had earlier cancelled the election for the Parliamentary Constituency in wake of seizures of a huge amount of unaccounted cash from the house of DMK Leader.
Election Commission of India announces 5 August 2019 as the date of polling for the Vellore Parliamentary constituency of Tamil Nadu. EC had earlier cancelled the election for the constituency in wake of seizures of large amounts of unaccounted cash. pic.twitter.com/6NtB66kaXH
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In an Income Tax raid on April 29, ahead of the polls, a total of Rs 12 crore in cash was seized from the premises of DMK Veteran leader and party treasurer, Duraimurugan’s son Kathir Anand in Vellore. The polls were deferred following as huge money was set to influence the voters.
The seizures also include the printouts of the papers with wards number written on them that were evidence of the alleged use of cash to influence the voters and buy votes.
Vellore was earlier slated to go for polls on April 18 along with all other 38 Lok Sabha Seats of the State. However, following the incident, the polls were deferred in the Vellore Lok Sabha Seat.
The Election Commission, based on the report of the Chief Electoral Officer, had written to President Ram Nath Kovind who later gave its nod to defer the polling in the Vellore Lok Sabha Seat.