According to the ECI directions, transactions of more than ₹10,000 cash for political activities should be done via cheques or online mode.
A BJP office-bearer is among three people booked for transporting a large sum of money in a car in the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. Lokesh Ambekallu has been identified as a secretary of the BJP state office. The police intercepted the trio in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet on Saturday, 20 April, while they were carrying ₹2 crore in a car.