2024-04-14 08:41:20
Jaipur: The first phase of voting in Rajasthan is on April 19. Election campaigning in the 12 Lok Sabha constituencies in the first phase will come to an end by the evening of April 17. Currently, both BJP and Congress parties have given full emphasis on election campaign. Election meetings are being held one after the other in which national leaders of the party are also participating. The expenses of election meetings are going into the accounts of the candidates. The candidates contesting on 12 Lok Sabha seats in the first phase have given details of their election expenses to the Election Commission. Interesting information has come to light from this description.
Rs 45.33 lakh spent on PM Modi’s Churu Sabha
On April 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rajasthan. He addressed an election rally in Churu in support of BJP candidate Devendra Jhajharia. A total of Rs 45.33 lakh was spent in this election meeting. In the election expenditure details presented by Jhajharia, information has been given that Rs 45.33 lakh has been spent. However, during this meeting, an attempt was made to win Sikar and Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha seats along with Churu. In PM Modi’s meeting, Rs 11 lakh was spent on laying carpet while a water proof tent worth Rs 18.90 lakh was installed. Rs 1.12 lakh was spent on the stage built for PM Modi. 82 buses were deployed to bring people to the election meeting, on which Rs 7.46 lakh was spent. The 30 thousand chairs that were installed to sit in the meeting were said to cost Rs 2.10 lakh.
Only Rs 7.40 lakh spent on Sonia Gandhi and Kharge’s meeting
On April 6, an election meeting of Congress was held at the stadium in Vidyadhar Nagar, Jaipur in which the party’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi and national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi attended. Only Rs 7.40 lakh is said to have been spent on this Congress meeting. This meeting of Congress was held in support of Jaipur city candidate Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Jaipur rural candidate Anil Chopra.
Know which candidate spent how much
1. Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency
Rao Rajendra Singh (BJP candidate) Rs 59.10 lakh
Anil Chopra (Congress candidate) Rs 34.84 lakh
2. Jaipur City Lok Sabha constituency
Manju Sharma (BJP candidate) Rs 48.76 lakh
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas (Congress candidate) Rs 10.17 lakh
3. Sriganganagar Lok Sabha constituency
Priyanka Bailan (BJP candidate) Rs 29.50 lakh
Kuldeep Indora (Congress candidate) Rs 22.48 lakh
4. Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency
Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP candidate) Rs 28.24 lakh
Govind Ram Meghwal (Congress candidate) Rs 24.79 lakh
5. Alwar Lok Sabha constituency
Bhupendra Yadav (BJP candidate) Rs 6.67 lakh
Lalit Yadav (Congress candidate) Rs 17.38 lakh
6. Churu Lok Sabha constituency
Devendra Jhajharia (BJP candidate) Rs 43.57 lakh
Rahul Kaswan (Congress candidate) Rs 32.57 lakh
7. Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha constituency
Shubhakaran Chaudhary (BJP candidate) Rs 38.46 lakh
Brijendra Singh Ola (Congress candidate) Rs 16.30 lakh
8. Sikar Lok Sabha constituency
Sumedhanand Saraswati (BJP candidate) Rs 26.75 lakh
Amra Ram (Congress supported CPI(M) candidate) Rs 37.72 lakh
9. Dausa Lok Sabha constituency
Kanhaiyalal Meena (BJP candidate) Rs 22.13 lakh
Murari Lal Meena (Congress candidate) Rs 14.69 lakh
10. Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency
Ramswaroop Koli (BJP candidate) Rs 16.78 lakh
Sanjana Jatav (Congress candidate) Rs 7.21 lakh
11. Karauli-Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency
Indu Devi Jatav (BJP candidate) Rs 10.88 lakh
Bhajanlal Jatav (Congress candidate) Rs 4.63 lakh
12. Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency
Dr. Jyoti Mirdha (BJP candidate) spent Rs 30 lakh.
Hanuman Beniwal (Congress supported RLP candidate) Rs 14.93 lakh