Delhi high court nod to EC probe against Ashok Chavan

The Delhi high court on Friday gave the go-ahead to the Election Commission (EC) to probe discrepancies in former chief minister Ashok Chavan’s poll expenditure during the 2009 assembly election. The court quashed the petitions of Chavan and former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda.

Chavan filed a petition challenging an EC notice after it began proceedings against him following complaints by BJP leaders that he incurred a poll expenditure of only Rs11,000 during the election. The complainants alleged that Chavan paid a huge amount to several newspapers for favourable coverage during the election.