Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in the news and has also been people’s choice to give them all the development news, but; there is some news people should know. The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to the PM after a petition was files accusing him of electoral malpractices in the Lok Sabha election.
People were overwhelmed by the margin of BJP winning votes. In the petition filed before Justice V K Shukla, Congress candidate Ajay Rai, who lost the Lok Sabha polls against Modi in Varanasi, has alleges that Modi as a candidate had over-spent during the election campaign.
The court Friday fixed the next hearing of the case for September 5.
Rai alleged that the amount exceeded the Rs. 70 lakh ceiling on polls expenses mandated by the Election Commission. He has requested the high court to nullify Modi’s election from Varanasi on these grounds and also for leaving blank columns about his wife’s income and taxation details. He has also accused the PM of violation of model code of conduct by distributing poll memorabilia – clothes, T-shirts, and sarees to people in Varanasi with an intention to influence them.
–Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â By Anand Thakkar
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