Election expenditureCHENNAI: There would be no further increase in the ceiling allowed as expenditure for the elections, Chief Election Commissioner M S Gill said on Wednesday. He said the limit which had been fixed only recently, would remain at Rs 15 lakh for Lok Sabha candidates. When asked about the dispute between the two factions of the AIADMK led by Jayalalitha and Thirunavukkarasu respectively, over the allotment of `Two leaves' symbol of the party, he said that it had already been settled.Mishra caseNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today allowed former chief minister of Bihar Jagannath Mishra to enter the State for electioneering during the Lok Sabha elections. On October 13 last year, Mishra, an accused in the multi-crore fodder scam, had been granted bail by the apex court on the condition that he would not enter Bihar till the completion of the trial in the case. Arunachal CongITANAGAR: A 26-member pradesh campaign committee has been formed by the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee for supervising poll preparations for the forthcoming election.SP candidatesJAIPUR: Suspended BJP MLA Moti Lal Kharera, who joined the Samajwadi Party, was among the seven candidates announced by Samajwadi Party for LS election in Rajasthan. Jameel Arif would contest from Churu, Col (retd) Abdul Rasood from Jhunjhunu and Ramgopal Agarwal from Jodhpur. For Kota, Chittorgarh and Bharatpur seats, the nominees were Sudarshan Joshi, S N Sharma.
