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సార్వత్రిక ఎన్నికల వేళ దేశ వ్యాప్తంగా ఎన్నికల అధికారులు నిర్వహించిన తనిఖీల్లో ఇప్పటి వరకు పట్టుబడ్డ నగదు, మద్యం, ఇతర వస్తువుల మొత్తం విలువ రూ.1862 కోట్లుగా తేలింది. రూ.509 కోట్ల నగదును స్వాధీనం చేసుకున్నారు అధికారులు. ఈ తనిఖీల్లో గుజరాత్ మొదటి స్థానంలో నిలిచింది. రెండో స్థానంలో తమిళనాడు, మూడో స్థానంలో ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ ఉన్నాయి.

పట్టుబడ్డ నగదు

Published : Apr 9, 2019, 8:01 PM IST

సార్వత్రిక ఎన్నికల్లో ఓటర్లను ప్రలోభ పెట్టేందుకు తరలిస్తోన్న నగదు, బంగారం, వెండి, మాదకద్రవ్యాలు, మద్యం భారీస్థాయిలో పట్టుబడ్డాయి. గతంలో ఎన్నడూ లేని విధంగా దేశవ్యాప్తంగా ఇప్పటి వరకు రూ.509 కోట్ల నగదును స్వాధీనం చేసుకున్నారు అధికారులు. రూ.181 కోట్ల విలువైన మద్యం, రూ.718 కోట్లు విలువ చేసే మాదకద్రవ్యాలు తనిఖీల్లో పట్టుబడ్డాయి. ఓటర్లను ప్రలోభపరిచేందుకు పంపిణీ చేయాలనుకున్న రూ. 418 కోట్లు విలువ చేసే బంగారం, వెండి వస్తువులను ఎన్నికల అధికారులు గుర్తించారు.

ఈ తనిఖీల్లో అగ్రస్థానంలో నిలిచింది గుజరాత్. ఇక్కడ అత్యధికంగా మాదకద్రవ్యాలు దొరికాయి. వీటి విలువ రూ.500 కోట్లు ఉండవచ్చని అధికారుల అంచనా.

తమిళనాడు రెండోస్థానంలో ఉంది. రూ.401.46 కోట్లు విలువ చేసే మద్యం, మాదకద్రవ్యాలను పట్టుకున్నారు అధికారులు. ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ లో ఇప్పటి వరకూ 116 కోట్ల నగదు, 100 కేజీలకు పైగా బంగారం, 300 కేజీల వెండి కలిపి మొత్తం విలువ రూ.190 కోట్లుగా తేలి మూడో స్థానంలో ఉంది.

ఆ తర్వాతి స్థానాల్లో రూ.167 కోట్లతో పంజాబ్, రూ.151 కోట్లతో ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్, రూ.97 కోట్లతో మహారాష్ట్ర ఉన్నాయి. అత్యల్పంగా రూ.44 లక్షలతో పుదుచ్చేరి చివరి స్థానంలో నిలిచింది.

మొత్తం 7 దశల్లో దేశవ్యాప్తంగా పోలింగ్ జరుగనున్నందున ఈ మొత్తం భారీగా పెరిగే అవకాశాలున్నాయని అధికారులు అంచనా వేస్తున్నారు.

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SHOTLIST: Augusta, Georgia, USA. 8th April, 2019
1. 00:00 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on the course at Augusta and whether the club has managed to alter it so that Tiger Woods doesn't win every year)
"Well, they said they were going to 'Tiger proof' it, or that was the word going round when they made it longer, but they really played into his hands when they made it longer, I thought. What did 'Tiger proof' it was making it tighter, narrower. They planted 5,000 trees, they introduced the rough - intermediate cut, they call it here, which made the golf course a lot tighter and Tiger wasn't always known to hit it very, very straight, so that probably hurt him for the last few years."
2. 00:28 SOUNDBITE (German): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on the course at Augusta and Tiger Woods)
"Yes, a lot of things matter, not just that they have changed the place. But what has certainly become more difficult for him and for all of us is that 5,000 trees have been planted. Plus there's rough now, there used to be no rough. So the fairways have become much tighter. You have to tee off a lot more precisely, otherwise relatively little has changed, but with that it (the course) will probably play harder that it used to, when there were very wide fairways and the tee shot didn't have to be as precise."
3. 00:58 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on whether Tiger Woods can add to his 14 major titles)
"Yes. I think he can. He's fit, he's healthy, he's eager to play and there are some courses he plays extremely well, so I think he will have a chance."
4. 01:07 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Woods' chances of adding a fifth green jacket to his collection)
"Well, he's won here four times. He knows the place very well. His short game is very, very good. He hits the ball still very long and very high, with a lot of backspin, which is very beneficial on this golf course."
5. 01:19 SOUNDBITE (German): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Tiger Woods)
"Yes, I think so. Tiger Woods was in fine form last Year, a year and a half, is now fit again. He's comfortable, his swing looks more constant. And he was always a very good bunker player and putter. Mentally very strong, I think he's switched on."
6. 01:35 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on former world number one Jordan Spieth and his recent dip in form)
"Yeah, he's struggling a bit. I mean, it happens to many professionals, it's such a fine line to be great or to just be very good and he lost a little bit of the putting touch from what he was, so, so good and better than most and lately his long game hasn't been quite as good as we have seen before as well, so combine that and you are two or three shots more every day, which is a lot."
7. 01:58 SOUNDBITE (German): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on former world number one Jordan Spieth and his recent dip in form)
"He is not the first to lose form. Jordan doesn't putt quite as well any more and that was always his great strength. And then even his long game isn't as precise as it used to be. And if you total that up, one, two more shots a day, that's in eight Strokes by the end of the tournament and you can't win like that."
8. 02:18 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Rory McIlroy and his chances at Augusta)
"He's been in great form, I think he's played seven times on the US Tour lately and hasn't finished outside the top ten yet. He won one of the biggest events so far, The Players' Championship, a few weeks ago, so hs confidence is high and that's important in golf."
9. 02:35 SOUNDBITE (German): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Rory McIlroy)
"Rory is In great shape at the moment. He has, I think, been in the last seven Tournaments, he has been placed in the top 10 in each. And he has also won one thing, the Players Championships at Sawgrass. I think he's very comfortable with his golf swing and he's got very big chances for sure."
10. 02:56 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Rickie Fowler and his chances at Augusta)
"Rickie has all the game. He's long, he's straight, he's got maybe one of the best putting strokes. H just sometimes has a tendency to make a double bogey here and there and he can't afford to do that when he plays against this kind of competition, so I wish him well."
11. 03:15 SOUNDBITE (German): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Rickie Fowler)
"Rickie actually has it all. He's long, he's got a super short game, maybe the best putting stroke around these days. He just has to avoid playing a double or triple bogey once in a while. This hurts a lot and is very hard to make up for. And he can't afford that at tournaments like that, so if he can focus on that not happening anymore, then I believe he has good chances."
12. 03:41 SOUNDBITE (English): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
(on Jon Rahm and his attempt to follow in the footsteps of fellow countrymen Severiano Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal)
"Well, those are big shoes to fill, but he certainly can. He's got the gift and the talent and the game to do it. I think the course will suit him. Again, he is fairly long, hits the ball high, is all-around a pretty good golfer and should have a chance to win one of these green jackets in the next 10-15 years."
13. 04:00 SOUNDBITE (German): Bernhard Langer, US Masters Champion 1985 and 1993:
"Believe me, John Rahm is also a very, very good golfer. He hits the ball a long way, he can do anything and I think the course should suit him at Augusta."
SOURCE: VNR
DURATION: 04:11
STORYLINE:
German golfing great Bernhard Langer said on Monday that he expected this year's US Masters to be an open contest and didn't rule out the possibility that Tiger Woods could win a fifth green jacket, despite the efforts of the authorities at Augusta to make the course 'Tiger-proof'.
"They planted 5,000 trees, which made the golf course a lot tighter and Tiger wasn't always known to hit it very, very straight, so that probably hurt him for the last few years," Langer said, but added, "He's fit, he's healthy, he's eager to play and there are some courses he plays extremely well, so I think he will have a chance."
Langer also picked out Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Jon Rahm as contenders for the championship, but didn't think former world number one Jordan Spieth would do well at Augusta following an alarming loss of form.

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