Wednesday, October 18, 2006

how much to spend for a election

as per SEC-state election commission, for the councilor election which was recently held, a candidate should not spend more than 35k!! every candidate would have elapsed this rule...
some simple facts::
one must have seen autos being used for the election campaign, per day details on that..
Auto + Driver rent - 350 to 500
petrol - 180
announcer's bata in auto - 200
food - 200
sound speaker rent - 400 to 700
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totals to - 1330 to 1780
for 10 days - 13k to 17k
some guys run more than one auto!!
Amount spent by each candidate runs into lakhs very easily, if he is part of dmk/admk then the budget seems to cross 10L.

2 people can raise this as an issue,
1st and the most unlikeliest - SEC
2nd media, these guys are colour blinded for many unknown reasons
Blogs help to an extent, but their reach is not sufficient, for example this blog!!

SOLUTION ?? everybody should exercise their vote compulsorily and choose a worthy person. Instead of depending one 2 unknown people to change our state of living, every one should do his part, one can start by casting his vote early in the morning!

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