NEW DELHI: BJP and 14 other parties are itself trouble from the Election Commission for not furnishing details of expenditure incurred during the last Lok Sabha election.

On April 16, EC issued notices to these parties asking them to reply by April 29. So far, only 31 parties have filed their expenditure returns before the EC.

Apart from BJP, the list includes Rashtriya Janata Dal, JD(S), Forward Bloc, Arunachal Congress, J&K National Panthers Party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Manipur People's Party, Mizo National Front, Pattali Makkal Katchi, Puducherry Munnetra Congress, Revolutionary Socialist Party, United Democratic Party, National People's Party and Zoram Nationalist Party.

EC has asked why action should not be taken against these parties under the provisions of Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968. It said if no reply was received by April 29, it would be presumed that the parties had nothing to say in the matter and the EC would take appropriate action against them.

In its notice, EC cited the Supreme Court judgment of 1996 which held that the poll panel could require the political parties to submit, for its scrutiny, details of expenditure incurred by them in connection with the election of their candidates.

EC reminded the parties that details should have been filed within a period of 90 days after the completion of elections. Despite repeated reminders, the parties have not submitted the requisite statements till date, EC said.