Ex-Jharkhand CM disqualified from contesting polls for 3 yrs
The Election Commission on Wednesday barred former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda from contesting polls for three years after finding discrepancies in his poll expenses affidavit. The Income Tax Department reportedly detected expenditure of â¹7 crore he had made for poll-related activities, as compared to the â¹18 lakh he reported. The statutory ceiling for candidates in Jharkhand is â¹25 lakh.