NEW DELHI: The value of items seized for being potential voter inducements in Bihar and bypoll-bound states has touched Rs 71.3 crore, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.The seized items include approximately Rs 6 crore in unaccounted cash, liquor worth Rs 27 crore, drugs worth Rs 18 crore, precious metals worth Rs 5.5 crore and other freebies valued at nearly Rs 15 crore.The poll body said it had received 650 complaints on its C-Vigil app so far. Of these, 649 have been disposed of; 612 complaints were, in fact, resolved within 100 minutes, it said.Meanwhile, the EC has directed political parties and candidates to issue political advertisements in print media during the ‘silence period’ only after having their content cleared by the media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC).“In order to ensure a fair campaign environment, no political party, candidate, organisation or person shall publish any advertisement in the print media on poll day and one day prior to the poll day, unless the contents are pre-certified by the MCMC at the state/district level,” the polling body said on Tuesday.For Bihar, the days on which the restriction will be in force are Nov 5 and 6, and Nov 10 and 11, said EC.
