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Sunny Deol’s poll expenditure found to be more than ₹70 lakh limit
Notably, Deol is the only candidate so far whose expenditure was found way above the limit of ₹70 lakh, they said.
The poll expenditure of Gurdaspur MP and actor Sunny Deol has been found exceeding the statutory limit of ₹70 lakh, an election official said Saturday.
“The District Election Office of Gurdaspur has sent the final report of poll expenditure to the Election Commission of India,” he said. According to the report, the poll expenditure of Deol was found to be ₹78,51,592, that is, ₹8.51 lakh more than the statutory limit of ₹70 lakh sanctioned for parliamentary elections. The election expenditure of Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar, who lost to Deol in the recent Lok Sabha polls, was ₹61,36,058 which is within the prescribed limit, the official said. The officials said Deol can contest the poll expenditure report sent by the District Election Officer.
Notably, Deol is the only candidate so far whose expenditure was found way above the limit of ₹70 lakh, they said.
The Gurdaspur District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner had sent a notice to Deol last month, asking the 59-year-old actor to explain his poll expenditure. Deol defeated Jakhar by a margin of 82,459 votes.
Earlier, late actor Vinod Khanna represented the Gurdaspur constituency in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2014.
(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. )
