Chennai: DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin on Monday said the wholesale and retail traders are affected by the seizure of money by the Election Commission and appealed to the EC officials to issue an order not to indulge in such actions when it was ascertained that the persons carrying the money are traders.
“The EC should order the flying squads to give back the money immediately on the spot, If the traders had appropriate documents for the money they are carrying. The officials should instruct the squads to take action without affecting the merchants”.
Stalin pointed out that the period of poll announcement date and the polling date is very long this time and the traders would face trouble throughout this time and commerce would be totally affected. “When the money seized from the traders is kept with the Election Commission officials for three to four days, the family of the trader will be affected. Some of them borrow money to purchase commercial goods”, Stalin said.
The Election Commission should issue revised guidelines so that the traders are not affected, while ensuring that the money carried by the ruling party should not be ignored.
