Handing out an ultimatum to defaulting political entities ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in the State, Maharashtra State Election Commissioner (M-SEC) JS Sahariya on Thursday directed 14 recognised political parties in the State to submit details of their election expenditure on or before March 10.
In show cause notices served on various errant parties, Sahariya stated that in the event of the political parties failing to comply with the M-SEC’s directive, the registrations of errant parties would be cancelled.
As per the notification issued by the M-SEC on October 15, 2016, it is mandatory on the parties to submit their election expenditure accounts to the Commission. “We have reminded the political parties in this regard from time to time. We have issued the latest notice to defaulting political parties to comply with M-SEC’s directive and avoid getting their registrations cancelled,” Sahariya said.
Among the prominent parties that have been served show cause notices are: the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena, and opposition parties like Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Samajwadi Party. The other smaller parties served with show-cause notices are: the CPI, CPM, Bahujan Samaj Party, Janata Dal (S), Lok Janshakti Party, AIADMK, AIMIM and JD(U).