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New Delhi : The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 19, 2019, appointed two eminent former Civil Servants Shailendra Handa and Ms. Madhu Mahajan as Special Expenditure Observers for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.
Shailendra Handa, a former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of 1980 batch, has been deployed in Maharashtra while Ms Madhu Mahajan, a former IRS officer of 1982 batch, has been deployed in Tamil Nadu. Both these officers have rich experience of working in Investigation Wing of I-T Department and have supervised many successful search and seizure actions unearthing tax evasion in complicated cases.
The Special Observers will be supervising and monitoring the work being done by the electoral machinery and ensure that stringent and effective enforcement action is undertaken based on intelligence inputs and complaints received through C-VIGIL and Voter Helpline 1950 against all persons/entities trying to induce voters by distributing cash, liquor & freebies etc. to vitiate the poll process, according to a PIB release.