EC notice to six parties on poll expenditure

The Election Commission on Wednesday issued notice to six political parties, including the AAP and the JMM, for their failure to submit expenditure statements for last year's Lok Sabha elections.

Besides the Aam Aadmi Party and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, the other parties which were issued notice were the Haryana Janhit Congress, the Kerala Congress (M), the National People's Party and the People's Party of Arunachal Pradesh.

"Now, therefore, the Election Commission hereby gives you a notice to show cause as to why action should not be taken against you for failure to follow lawful directions and instructions of the commission," the notice said.

The commission gave the parties 20 days to reply to the notice.