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Modi spent Rs 6 cr for rally: AAP

| | Apr 27, 2014, at 04:29 am
New Delhi, Apr 26 (IBNS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday filed a complaint to the Election Commission (EC) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi against his Apr 24 nomination rally in Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh and alleged that he spent around Rs 6 crore for it.

 "The AAP in a separate complaint to the EC has drawn its attention towards the fact that on April 24th the nomination procession/ rally of BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Varanasi Shri Narendra Modi incurred an expenditure of around Rs 6 crore. The party's complaint is based on the fact that Shri Modi used a helicopter to arrive at the starting point of the rally and also to leave the city," the AAP said in a statement.

It said: "The party has informed the EC that helicopter rental, hoardings and cutouts bearing Modi's photographs will have to be included in its election expenditure."
 
The party said: "The cost of transportation of bringing and taking back people, the distribution of caps T-Shirts, sarees, masks, flags and scarfs - which were distributed in lakhs. according to BJP estimates need to be accounted for."

In a separate complaint to the Commission against the Gujarat Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal's AAP alleged that he tried to bribe voters.

"Aam Aadmi Party has filed a complaint with the EC against BJP's candidate from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat Shri Narendra Modi. The party has  furnished video/photo evidence along with the gift pack carrying Modi's photo and address of the supplier in Surat. The party has demanded registration of an FIR under sections 171 B/E of the India Penal Code (IPC) against Shri Modi for trying to bribe voters (all relevant docs and photos attached with this release)," AAP said in the statement.

Modi is fighting the Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi and  Vadodara seats.

Kejriwal is contesting against him in Varanasi.

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