Delhi Elections : Delhi High Court issued a notice to Ajay Maken
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to Ajay Maken and the returning officer of his Lok Sabha constituency asking for their
response on a plea seeking to declare Maken’s election null and void for alleged violation of the model code of conduct.
The court’s notice came on a petition, filed under the Representative of Peoples Act, seeking to declare Maken’s election null and void on the ground that he violated the code of conduct by spending much more than the maximum limit of Rs.25 lakh.
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for petitioner Adesh Gupta, said Maken had claimed to have spent around Rs.20 lakh in his election campaign, but he issued full page advertisements in various national and local dailies.
“The MP adopted corrupt practices to get elected and distributed gifts among the electorate,” the counsel charged. The petition cited comparative charts of rates charged by newspapers for publishing advertisements.
The petition charged that Maken spent over Rs.1.5 crore on hoardings alone, which is contrary to his claim that he spent Rs.eight lakh on them. The minister claimed to have paid over Rs.80,000 to leading English dailies for the advertisements which was again not true, the petition alleged.
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