TMC provided Rs 75 lakh each to 48 prospects to competition Lok Sabha surveys: Expenditure declaration

According to the event’s component expense declaration on repayments made to its prospects to object to the legislative surveys, it invested Rs 3.60 crore for the opposing prospects.

The declaration was sent to the Election Commission on June 7, 2 days after the outcomes were stated.

While it had actually fielded the majority of the prospects from West Bengal, some opposed the surveys from Assam and Meghalaya.

The TMC, which policies West Bengal, is an identified state event.

The Aam Aadmi Party, which has actually an identified nationwide event tag, provided a total amount of over Rs 60 lakh to 3 of its prospects– 2 from Delhi and one from Gujarat.

Chaitarbhai Vasava, its prospect from Bharuch in Gujarat, obtained virtually fifty percent of the Rs 60 lakh.

All India Majlis- e-Ittehad-Ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) provided a total amount of Rs 52 lakh to its head of state Asaduddin Owaisi in 2 instalments.

While there is a ceiling on expense a prospect can sustain on electioneering, there is no such restriction for political celebrations.

In January 2022, based upon the referral of the EC, the federal government had actually treked the political election expense restriction for prospects to Rs 95 lakh from Rs 70 lakh for Lok Sabha political elections and to Rs 40 lakh from Rs 28 lakh for setting up political elections.

For Lok Sabha surveys, the modified expense restriction currently stands at Rs 90 lakh for larger states and Rs 75 for smaller sized states.

The 2024 Lok Sabha political elections were kept in 7 stages and the outcomes were revealed on June 4.