Assembly elections were held in jharkhand and maharashtra and all the parties reached the result after working hard and campaigning. In jharkhand, hemant Soren's JMM and congress formed the government in alliance, while in maharashtra, the Mahayuti government of BJP-Shiv Sena and ncp alliance came to power. Now through the report released by the election commission, it has come to light how much the political parties have spent in these two elections. The Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) spent Rs 3.92 crore during the recently concluded maharashtra assembly elections, which includes Rs 2.17 crore spent on campaigning for party candidates. According to the expenditure report submitted to the election commission, BSP spent Rs 1.75 crore on publishing the criminal history of its candidates in Maharashtra.
Rs 570 crore in BSP accounts
According to the PTI report, BSP spent Rs 55.75 lakh on Mayawati's air travel for campaigning in Maharashtra. At the same time, BSP has shown deposits of Rs 570 crore in its various bank accounts. According to the report, BSP spent a total of Rs 2.52 crore including Rs 1.58 crore on campaigning in the jharkhand assembly elections. Apart from this, BSP spent Rs 93.71 lakh on publishing the criminal history of its candidates in jharkhand, while Rs 1.23 crore was spent on Mayawati's plane and helicopter travel for campaigning in Jharkhand.
congress gave half the information of expenditure
congress has given only partial expenditure report to the election commission regarding maharashtra assembly elections. The party gave only Rs 40 lakh to maharashtra PCC Chief Nana Patole for campaigning. The report has not said anything about the amount spent by congress on jharkhand elections. The party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>communist party of india (Marxist) (CPI-M) has given information in its expenditure report about spending a total of Rs 9.95 lakh on campaigning of candidates in jharkhand elections.
Akhilesh Yadav's party spent this much money
Meanwhile, the Samajwadi party (SP) has shown a total expenditure of Rs 1.82 crore on the campaigning of its 27 candidates in both the electoral states in the expenditure report submitted to the election Commission. The party has informed about spending Rs 57 lakh in jharkhand and Rs 1.25 crore in Maharashtra.
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