Election expenditure observer for the Ladakh Parliamentary constituency, Gajendra Singh (IRS), held a meeting with district election officials at the DC office on April 27.

The meeting began with a briefing by Nodal Officer, Election Expenditure Monitoring, Dr. Zulfikar Ali, about the training conducted till now for the different teams and the details of the appointed nodal officers.

The EO, Gajendra Singh, talked about the role of Flying Surveillance Teams (FSTs), Video Surveillance Teams (VSTs), Video Viewing Teams (VVTs), and the accounting team and how all of their combined efforts help in maintaining the shadow register.

He instructed the Video Surveillance Team to also check for Model Code of Conduct violations along with the expenditure. He also instructed the Lead Bank Manager to send a daily report of cash deposits and cash withdrawals along with suspicious activity reports.

He also talked about how the work that each of the team is doing helps in preventing election-related misdoings and ensuring free and fair elections.

Further, he opened the floor for doubts and queries and encouraged everyone to contact him or other officials if any doubt arises.

The officials present at the meeting were Deputy District Election Officer, Leh, AG Zargar; SSP, Leh, Shruti Arora; Nodal Officers, Leh, Excise & Taxation Officer, Virinder Singh Pawar; Head of FSTs, SSTs, Lead Bank Manager; Accounting and Video Viewing Team, Leh; AD Tourism, Leh, Fesal Iqbal Tantray, members of the VSTs and the other officials from different Sub Division joined online.