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election 2018
presidential polls

ture by the candidates, all of them said one thing that that how the candidates and their supporters have
it is impossible to fight elections in the amount pre- found a way to hide actual expenditure and present
scribed by the regulatory authorities. On anonymity, before the regulatory authorities which is within the
a supporter of a right-wing party said that candidates permissible limits.
are spending huge amounts via various means to win
the elections. Fuel For vehicles
We all know that elections in India are based on In our investigation, it has come to the fore that all
the 3Ms i.e. Money, Mind and Muscles and candidates parties and their candidates have somehow tied up
use them most extravagantly to influence the vot- with various fuel stations across the state, where one
ers. While investigating the means of unaccounted of their party members is stationed at the time of pub-
expenditure by various candidates, it has been noticed lic rallies to coordinate. It has also been found that all

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