Gujarat: Two Congress candidates under EC scanner

Congress candidates for

Dahod

and Panchmahal seats, Babu Katara and V K Khant, have come under come under election commission’s scanner over different issues. Katara has been served notices, while Khant has been asked to furnish his reply before a nodal officer.


Panchmahal Congress candidate Khant has come under scanner after his photo surfaced where he is seen holding a wad of cash during campaigning in Shehra. When the district election officer learnt about the photo, nodal officer of Shehra was ordered to enquire about it.

"It is believed that the photo is of April 9 taken during campaigning in Shehra," said

Panchmahal district

election officer Udit Agrawal. Katara was served two notices by the election office for not furnishing statement and details of election expenses of the first phase in a format prescribed by the election commission.

The notices was served by the election expenses observers for the Dahod

Lok Sabha

seat. Besides Katara, a candidate of Bhartiya National Janata Dal, Jagdish Meda, was also served notice for not furnishing details of his election expenses. All contesting candidates were to furnish their election expenses on Saturday.

Another notice was served to Katara by the district election officer for not publishing details of his pending criminal cases in newspapers. According to a Supreme Court’s order, candidates facing criminal cases have to publish details of their cases in three newspapers at least three times during election campaign.