Chandigarh: Political parties in Punjab seem to make desperate efforts to attract voters with cash handouts, medicines and bootleg liquor, if the quantum of seizures made before the election of the state assembly is an indicator.
The seizure was carried out within 28 days after the code of ethics began to apply this year various higher than drugs, liquor and cash confiscated during the previous election.
With a two-week vote day, the gap will widen.
Punjab, for the first time, will watch a multi-click contest with Congress, Sad-BSP Alliance, AAM AADMI Party (AAP), Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), and the Alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ex-cm Amarinder Singh Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa are sad (Sanyukt) are competing to power.
Cash, medicines and old liquor have been used to attract voters.
The law enforcement team has, so far, seizes valuable goods worth Rs 319.29 Crore, 256.19% higher than the election of assembly of 2017 and 11.48% more than 2019 selection of Lok Sabha.
As expected, drugs go beyond all other confiscated items.
Psychotropic substances that have market value RS 279.17 Crore are confiscated, while more than 30 latris liters of liquor worth 16.5 crore and inevitable cash from RS 21.38 Crore, seems to be intended to be distributed among voters, recover.
In comparison, narcotics of RS 18.26 Crore was arrested during the latest assembly selection, more than 15 times less than this recovery.
Similarly, countless cash from RS 58.02 Crore and liquor worth RS 13.36 Crore was confiscated in 2017.
In the 2019 elections, the seizure worth 286.41 crore – RS 32.92 Cash Crore, Rs 10.79 Crore Narcotics, Rs 22.56 Crore is worth the precious metal and RS 32 lakh as free – made.
Taking out the incident of “drugs for elections” in the election of Punjab, Punjab and Haryana High Court last month directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to ensure drug-free polls.
Pathankot, Dera Baba Nanak, Majitha, Amritsar Central, Amritsar East, Chamkaur Sahib, Sahnewal, South Ludhiana, Atam Nagar, Gill, Lambi, Gidderbaha, Rampi Phul, Bathinda Urban, Maur, Sunam and Sanour have been identified as pockets that are vulnerable to illegal liquor, medicine and free.
Political analyst Prof.
Mohammed Khalid from Panjab University Ruped the situation worsened in Punjab and the number of recovery made it proven.
He added politicians need to be led by malpractices who avoid captivating voters with hooks or jars.
“By doing that, they are not good for the community and the process of democratic elections,” he said.