Election Commission disqualifies Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday disqualified senior Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra for filing wrong accounts of election expenditure.

An EC spokesperson confirmed that Mishra had been disqualified for three years from Saturday. His election from the Datia assembly constituency also stands void.

Rajendra Bharti of the Congress had alleged that Mishra, a close aide of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, had not filed certain details in his election expenditure in the 2008 polls. The EC had served notice to Mishra in 2013. Mishra had moved the Madhya Pradesh High Court and the Supreme Court against the notice, but did not get any relief.

Meanwhile, the Congress has demanded the resignation of Mishra in the wake of the EC order. “In view of the EC order, he should immediately resign from the cabinet,” leader of opposition Ajay Singh said. Mishra is water resources and legislative affairs minister in the Chouhan government.