Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Vijender Gupta and Arti Mehra, who lost the election from New Delhi and Malviya Nagar assembly seats respectively, have filed petitions seeking cancellation of assembly membership of Aam Aadmi Party leaders on the ground that they crossed the statutory limit of Rs 14 lakh in the 2013 polls.
A bench of Justice G S Sistani fixed Mehra's petition for framing of issues against Bharti on October 16, while Justice Vipin Sanghi fixed the plea of Gupta on September 26 for similar purpose.
Justice Sanghi, during the hearing, asked the counsel for BJP leader Gupta to bring on record all the relevant documents relied upon in the plea against AAP convenor Kejriwal.
In their petitions, the BJP leaders alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders spent more than Rs 17 lakh each in the assembly elections held on December 4, 2013, and sought orders declaring their election as null and void.
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The Election Commission has set a limit of Rs 14 lakh for poll expenditure of every candidate during assembly elections, they have said in their petitions.
Their petitions alleged that Kejriwal had influenced voters through the concert, thereby affecting the outcome of the election.
The BJP leaders have also accused the two AAP leaders of having violated the Model Code of Conduct issued by the Election Commission, the provisions of the Representation of People Act and also the principles of the Constitution on free and fair elections.