The Election Commission feels that Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Goa may pose problems on use of money power in the upcoming Assembly elections.

“We feel that Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will give us problems on the money front. And so will Goa, because money plays a big role,” Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said in an interview, when asked if EC foresees problems in any of the poll-bound states.

Already, the Commission's fears are turning true with huge cache of money bags being recovered in states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. So far, as much as Rs 7.5 crore has been seized from Uttar Pradesh and a similar amount of cash has been recovered from Punjab.

The CEC said the Commission will also keep a tab on paid news during polls, besides also on the television channels and newspapers owned by various political parties and account for the expenses incurred on election campaigns for candidates of their respective political party.