Collector and District Electoral Officer Thakur Ram Singh has issued notices to four candidates contesting lok Sabha elections from the Raipur seat on Friday.
The notices were served after discrepancies were found in the poll expenditure records submitted by the candidates, district administration officials here informed.
The officials said that Satyanarayan Sharma of Indian National Congress, Sandeep Tiwari of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Naveen Gupta of Samajwadi party and Madanlal Sahu of Communist Party of India (Marxist leninist) have been slapped with notices. Highest difference in the expense record was noticed in the accounts of Satyanarayan Sharma. A difference of Rs70,200 was noticed in his election expenditure record, they informed.
In the expense record of Sandeep Tiwari from AAP, difference of Rs10,000 was noticed. likewise in the records of Naveen Gupta inconsistency of Rs24,000 was found. Further in election expenditure record of Madanlal Sahu of CPI (Ml) difference of Rs2,280 was also found, officials said.