Election Watch – A.P.: Expenditure in Elections

Elections have become the preserve of the ultra-rich in India as expenditure in the recent elections shows with the money spent more than doubling to Rs 60,000 crore, several speakers at a recent Election Watch meeting expressed. The meeting on “Expenditure in elections and its regulation” was held at the Freedom Fighters Bhavan in Vijayawada on June 18, based on the results of a survey by Centre for Media Studies. Speaking, on the occasion the CMS Chairman, Sri. N. Bhaskara Rao expressed agony that the working of the EVMs and Election Commiss…