Poll purse: Tewari spent highest in ’09

Poll purse: Tewari spent highest in ’09 

Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 16
The data available with the Chief Electoral Office, Punjab, shows that Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari, had spent the highest (Rs 18.47 lakh) durig the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Vijay Inder Singla, Congress MP from Sangrur, had declared the lowest expenditure at Rs 7.24 lakh during the last elections.

BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu was second on the lost. He had declared that he had spent Rs 17.03 lakh. He was followed by SAD MP from Ferozepur, Sher Singh Ghubaya, who had declared his expenditure at Rs 16.82 lakh.

Congress MP from Jalandhar Mohinder Singh Kaypee had declared his expenses at Rs 15,83 lakh. Congress MP from Anandpur Sahib Ravneet Singh Bittu had declared his expenses at Rs 14.75 lakh.

Patiala MP Preneet Kaur had declared her election expenditure at Rs 14.39 lakh.

Congress MP from Hoshiarpur, Santosh Chowdhary, had declared her expenses at Rs 12.45 lakh. Gurdaspur MP Partap Singh Bajwa had declared his election expenditure at Rs 11.61 lakh.

SAD’s Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal had spent Rs 11 lakh during polls. She had, however, received Rs 10.6-lakh grant, meaning she spent Rs 39,704 only on her own.