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Captain, Jaitley get notices for ‘understating’ poll expenses
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 3
The District Electoral Officer (DEO) has issued notices to Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate from Amritsar Captain Amarinder Singh and his main rival Arun Jaitley (BJP) for “understating” their poll expenditure. The two candidates had submitted the details of their poll expenses to the DEO office after the campaigning came to an end on April 28.

As per the details furnished by Jaitley, his poll expenditure stands at Rs 23.21 lakh while Amarinder claimed his expenditure was Rs 22.80 lakh. DEO Ravi Bhagat said there was a huge difference in the expenditure shown by them and what was calculated by the poll observer (expenditure). According to the poll observer, Jaitley’s expenditure was Rs 44.84 lakh while Amarinder spent Rs 28.05 lakh. He said both candidates have been asked to clarify.

Variation in figures

Arun Jaitley had declared that his poll expenditure was Rs 23.21 lakh and Capt Amarinder Singh Rs 22.80 lakh. The poll observer's assesment put Jaitley’s expenditure at Rs 44.84 lakh and Amarinder’s Rs 28.05 lakh