In an aim to bring more transparency in the electioneering, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced that it will transfer the election funds directly to the bank accounts of its candidates in Chhattisgarh.
The party has asked all its candidates to open bank accounts if they do not have one, and already transferred first installment of ten lakh rupees each to those already have their accounts.
This was for the first time the BJP announced to transfer cash directly to the account of its candidates after the election commission made it mandatory.
According to the latest guideline issued by the commission, the candidate has to provide detail of the bank account, and the election expenses. The commission also will examine their bank accounts and transaction made.
Sources said the party will provide fifteen lakh rupees to each of its candidates contesting the general assembly lection due next month. However the ministers will not get any funds from the party. They have been asked to arrange their funds of their own, the sources said.
The party has also procured publicity materials for the candidates and some of the materials have already arrived at the party headquarters in Raipur. They would be dispatched to the candidates.
State BJP general secretary J.P.Nadda inspected the materials along with chief minister Raman Singh and other senior party functionaries.Most of the banners and posters have the image of Gujarat chief minister and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
The party also has started putting out big hoardings in different places after obtaining permission from the election commission. The hoardings have the highlights of the achievements of the government and the programmes.
The party also planned to rope in top BJP leaders like Narendra Modi, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, former deputy Prime Minister lKAdvani during the campaign.