Poll pile punctures DeMo pride

March 09, 2017 08:43

Cash seizures from the five states that voted in February-March were more than three times the amount seized during the 2012 elections in these states, despite the post-demonetisation limits on cash withdrawals.

The rise of the seizures from Rs 50.78 crore in 2012 to Rs 184.85 crore challenges the government's claim that the note recall would cleanse India of the "cancer of corruption".

Uttar Pradesh accounted for Rs 119.03 crore in cash seizures, followed by Punjab (Rs 58.02 crore), Uttarakhand (Rs 3.38 crore), Goa (Rs 2.24 crore) and Manipur (Rs 2.18 crore).

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