Failing to submit election campaign expenditure to Election Commission of India’s appointed observers on two consecutive dates, Rashtriya lok Dal candidate Japinder Singh and independent candidate Sohanpal Singh will be prevented from conducting public meetings, rallies or door to door campaign for Tehri lok Sabha election 2014 in the constituency. Both have been served notices for showing less expenditure estimate by the expenditure official. Except these two candidates, the representatives of various political parties presented their expenditure record to the observers at Collectorate in Dehradun on Friday, said Dehradun district election officer and returning officer for Tehri lok Sabha seat Dr BVRC Purushottam.
The BJP candidate showed Rs37,07,130 as election campaign expenditure while election officials had estimated the expenditure at Rs12,55,337. She showed Rs24,51,793 less than the estimate by the election expenditure officials.
The expenditure shown by Congress candidate Saket Bahuguna, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Shiv Prasad Devli, AAP candidate Anoop Nautiyal and others tallied with the estimate by election expenditure officials.
Purushottam said that Japinder Singh and Sohanpal Singh failed to submit their expenditure records to the observers on two dates- April 28 and May 2. As per the ECI guidelines, those candidates who do not submit their election campaign expenditure before observers on two consecutive dates, should not be allowed to conduct further election campaign in the constituency concerned with immediate effect, he added.
The Congress candidate had shown Rs32,76,103 as election campaign expenditure, AAP's Anoop Nautiyal showed it at Rs13,52,963, CPI-M's
Shiv Prasad Devli showed it at Rs3,24,029, BSP candidate Shishpal Singh showed it at Rs5,41,389 with their records matching with those of the ECI observers.