Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Congress gave Rs 70 lakh each to its top leader Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad and Rae Bareli. The party has given this information to the Election Commission. Rahul got a total of 1 crore 40 lakh rupees for contesting from two seats. The Congress candidate who received the highest amount for contesting from a parliamentary constituency was Vikramaditya Singh, who was given Rs 87 lakh from the party fund. However, he lost the election from Mandi seat of Himachal Pradesh to BJP candidate and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut.
KC Venugopal, Kishori Lal Sharma get Rs 70 lakh
Kishori Lal Sharma was among the Congress candidates who were given Rs 70 lakh in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Kishori Lal Sharma defeated BJP candidate Smriti Irani from Amethi. Among the Congress leaders, KC Venugopal (Alappuzha in Kerala) and Manickam Tagore (Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu) were also given Rs 70 lakh each. Congress candidate Radhakrishna from Gulbarga in Karnataka and Vijay Inder Singla (Anandpur Sahib in Punjab) also received Rs 70 lakh each from the party to contest the elections.
Digvijay Singh got 50 lakh rupees
At the same time, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma was given Rs 46 lakh and senior party leader Digvijay Singh was given Rs 50 lakh. However, both these leaders lost the election. Rahul Gandhi had won from Rae Bareli as well as Wayanad, but he left the Wayanad seat. He is now the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Congress had won a total of 99 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and Rahul Gandhi was victorious on two seats.
The maximum spending limit is Rs 90 lakh
Let us tell you that there is a limit on the expenditure incurred by a candidate on election campaign, but there is no such limit for political parties. In January 2022, based on the recommendation of the Election Commission, the government had increased the election expenditure limit for candidates in the Lok Sabha elections from Rs 70 lakh to Rs 95 lakh and from Rs 28 lakh to Rs 40 lakh for assembly elections. The revised expenditure limit for the Lok Sabha elections is now Rs 90 lakh for larger states and Rs 75 for smaller states. The 2024 Lok Sabha elections were held in seven phases and the results came on June 4. (Input-Agency)
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