Bihar Candidate Allegedly Spent 20 Times Legal Limit on Election Campaign

This amount is much more than the legal limit of election expenditure set by the Election Commission of India. As per rules, a candidate can spend a maximum of Rs 95 lakh in a Lok Sabha election. As per Election Commission rules, the maximum limit of election expenditure for a candidate in a Lok Sabha election is Rs 95 lakh and Rs 40 lakh in an assembly election. According to Anant Singh's alleged claim, he spent nearly 20 times the limit. However, he could not ensure the victory of his wife Neelam Devi. Neelam Devi was in a direct contest with Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh of the Janata Dal United (JDU) in that election in 2019. Lalan Singh defeated Neelam Devi. However, later the relationship between Anant Singh and Lalan Singh improved considerably. Currently, Lalan Singh is a cabinet minister from the JDU quota in the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. However, the authenticity of this viral audio has not been officially confirmed. The voice and tone of the people involved in the conversation indicate that Anant Singh and Gunjavada did not discuss the details of the election.