The complaint was registered when Election Commission officials were checking the amount of money in Mayawati’s possession during her campaign for the 2013 assembly elections in Karnataka.
It was alleged that while the officials were checking her handbag, she did not allow them to count the money in her possession and ‘snatched’ the notes back. As the process was not completed, the officers had to repeat the checking again.
When Mayawati explained that only ₹50,000 out of the ₹1,00,000 found in her possession belonged to her, and the remaining amount belonged to the General Secretary of the party, the cash was not seized by the checking team.
Source: Barandbench
