Limit of expenditure on election for MC raised

By Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH MAY 2

 The Haryana State Election Commission has raised the limit of expenditure to be incurred by a contesting candidate in election to Municipal Corporation from Rs. 1.25 lakh to Rs. 1.75 lakh.   

While giving this information here today, State Election Commissioner Mr. Dharamvir said that any violation by the contesting candidate or his authorised agent or individual to incur any expenditure in excess of the limit mentioned  above, would be viewed seriously by the State Election Commission and stringent action would be taken against him or her.

He said that the accounts of expenditure to be incurred by the contesting candidates in the Municipal Corporation should be maintained and submitted to the Deputy Commissioners within 30 days of the declaration of the result in the Performa  prescribed for the purpose. In turn, the Deputy Commissioners would send report to the Commission as per provision contained in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Expenditure (Maintenance and submission of Accounts) order, 2007.

          He said that if a candidate fails to submit accounts of expenditure incurred by him or her for election to Municipal Corporation   within the prescribed time limit, the Commission by order published in Official Gazette would declare him or her to be disqualified and might such person be disqualified for a period of three years from the date of the order. Every contesting candidate would either himself or by his authorised election agent would have to keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in connection with the election between the dates he or she has been nominated and date of declaration of result both dates inclusive. The total expenditure would not exceed the limit as prescribed above, he further added.

          He said that no particular party or any other association, body or individual would put up any cut-outs, hoardings, wall paintings, buntings, arches, gates, banners, flags, advertisements in newspapers etc without the general or special authority in writing of the candidates whose election is sought to be promoted or procured by such cut-outs, hoardings etc., as expenditure on all such items would be treated as the legitimate expenditure incurred by the contesting candidate. No contesting candidate or any individual on his behalf would put up any cut-outs, hoardings etc. without prior permission of the concerned Government authority, he further added.