【New Delhi】The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the Election Commission had the power to investigate candidates' poll expense accounts and could take action, including disqualification, under The Representation of the People Act if it found inconsistencies.
The immediate impact of the judgment will be felt after the commission completes its inquiry against the former chief ministers of Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Ashok Chavan and Madhu Koda, respectively.
Chavan is accused of running paid news in newspapers during the 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections and not showing its cost in his election expense account. If the Election Commission finds evidence against him, Chavan might have to give up his Bhokar Assembly seat in the Nanded district of Maharashtra.
Senior officials said he could be disqualified from representing the Nanded parliamentary constituency, too, if declared winner on May 16.
○Modi interview row: Prasar Bharati ready to hold probe
【New Delhi】Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) is ready to institute a probe into the controversial editing of Narendra Modi's interview by Doordarshan, but will do so only if the information and broadcasting ministry assures that it would abide by the findings.
Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar said on Monday that the I&B ministry needs to give assurance about abiding by the findings as it has not been done so in the past. Prasar Bharati has no control over the senior officials in the news divisions and the ministry has in the past not honoured its earlier recommendations, he told PTI.
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SC cracks the whip on paid news
Modi interview row: Prasar Bharati ready to hold probe
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