The Congress spent Rs.584.65 crore on combating the 2024 Lok Sabha and 4 State Meeting elections, with 70% of the quantity being spent on ads, in accordance with the get together’s expenditure report.
The report, which was submitted to the Election Fee in August and revealed by the EC on its web site on Monday, confirmed that the Congress spent Rs.409.96 crore on media ads, together with print, tv, on-line and bulk SMS, for the Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh elections held from March to June this yr.
The get together spent Rs.104.42 crore on journey bills of star campaigners and Rs. 68.61 crore on publicity supplies like posters and hoardings. The get together additionally gave Rs.11.20 crore in whole to its candidates.
Forward of the Lok Sabha elections, the Earnings Tax Division had frozen some accounts of the Congress in reference to a dispute and raised a requirement for round Rs.3,500 crore. When the matter went to the Supreme Courtroom, the I-T Division mentioned it will not take any coercive steps until the top of the Lok Sabha elections. The get together had accused the federal government to making an attempt to scuttle its marketing campaign.
Whereas the quantity spent by every candidate is capped at Rs.95 lakh and Rs. 75 lakh (for smaller states and UTs), there isn’t a restrict on how a lot a celebration can spend on campaigning. The events are required to submit their expenditure report after every election to the EC. The BJP’s expenditure report for the Lok Sabha elections is but to be revealed by the EC.
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