The Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore constituency is likely to be canceled over excessive use of money power, in the wake of cash seizures from DMK leaders over the last two weeks. Vellore is scheduled to go to polls with the rest of Tamil Nadu on April 18. It is unclear whether the two Assembly seats, Ambur and Gudiyattam, under the Vellore LS seat, facing bypolls will also be countermanded or go as planned on Thursday.

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The decision came after a large sum of cash was allegedly seized from the DMK candidate's office a few days ago.  According to reports, Rs 11.5 crore cash was seized from a warehouse in the constituency, with the constituency scheduled to go to polls on 18 April. The Election Commission is learned to have prepared a recommendation in this regard to be sent to the president. While the Election Commission has recommended cancellation of Lok Sabha polls in Vellore, it is unclear if the two Assembly seats facing bypolls under the same constituency, Ambur and Gudiyattam, will also be canceled, reported The Indian Express.

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