YSR Congress party senior leader Ambati Rambabu seems still in a revenge mood against AP Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao who defeated Rambabu from Sattenapalli assembly constituency even after the elections were held in 2014. Rambabu knocked the doors of Election Commission and demanded to disqualify Kodela from the membership for confessing that he incurred Rs 11.50 crore expenditure during 2014 election.
The YSR Congress leader said that Rao himself admitted in a TV channel interview that he spent Rs 30,000 for his first assembly election and in last election its more than Rs 11 Crore. Under section 77 of the Representation of Peoples (RP) Act 1951, the election commission has fixed Rs 28 lakh as permissible expenditure by the contestant in the assembly constituency in 2014 election.
‘If any winner of the election indulged in corrupt practices within the meaning of Section 123(6) of the RP Act 1951, he is liable for disqualification as MLA.’ Rambabu said.