Bhopal: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has written a letter to THE Income Tax Commissioner to take action against MPs and MLAs, who showed excessive rise in their property and did not file tax returns in their affidavits. The ADR has also urged the IT department to enquire the financial details provided by the candidates through affidavits, so that the details can be verified.
The ADR delegation has also shared details of MPs and MLAs who have failed to declare their IT returns besides showing exorbitant rise in their assets. According to ADR, three crorepati MPs and 16 crorepati MLAs did not declare tax return. Moreover properties of nine elected MPs have grown up by 1000%. The ADR in its letter has stated that several candidates do not provide details of their PAN despite owning properties in crores. These contestants also do not provide ITR (income tax return).
The IT department should probe the candidates who showed manifold rise or fall in assets in their affidavits. The ADR has also categorically reminded the I-T department that providing wrong or incomplete information in affidavit may lead to disqualification of contestant.
Crorepati MPs who have not filed their ITRs
According to ADR, three MPs, all from BJP, have not filed their income tax returns in the affidavits. Bodh Singh Bhagat representing Balaghat is having assets of about Rs 2.5 crore but hasn’t filed ITR. Similarly, Gyan Singh of Shahdol and Janardan Mishra of Rewa too haven’t filed their ITRs but they own assets of more than Rs 1 crore each.
Two MLAs, one each from BJP and Congress, haven’t given their PAN details. Suneeta Patel of Congress representing Gadarwara owns assets of Rs 6.13 crore but did not mention PAN details in the affidavit. Similarly, Umakant Sharma of the BJP from Sironj has assets of Rs 16.4 lakh but didn’t provide PAN details.
Crorepati MLAs sans ITRs
Congress: Suneeta Patel from Gadarwara, Suneel Kumar from Kotma, Brajendra Singh Yadav from Mungaoli, Babulal of Sheopur, Gyarsilal Rawat of Sendhwa, Kalawati Bhuria of Jobat, Omkar Singh Markam from Dindori, Banvarilal Sharma from Jaura, Baijanth Kushwah from Sabalgarh, Pradyumna Singh from Malhara.
From BJP: Prem Singh from Barwani, Gopilal Jatav from Guna, Meena Singh from Manpur, Raghunath Singh from Ashtha, Deosingh Saiyam from Mandla Rana Vikram Singh from Susner Independent
Satna MP’s assets rose by 413%
Assets of BJP MP from Satna Ganesh Singh showed 413% rise. Singh declared Rs 73 lakh assets in 2009 Lok Sabha elections that reached Rs 3.78 crore in 2014. BJP MP from Betul, Jyoti Dhurve’s assets also grew by 268%, Virendra Kumar from Tikamgarh grew by 244%, Uday Pratap Singh by 234%, Narendra Singh Tomar by 230%, Rakesh Singh by 188%, Sushma Swaraj by 139%, Sumitra Mahajan by 135% and Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia’s assets grew by 122%.
Increase in assets of 86 re-elected MLAs
In a comparative analysis of re-elected MLAs, highest 1397% increase in assets was seen by BJP MLA from Sirmour Divyaraj Singh. His assets grew from Rs 4.16 crore in 2013 to Rs 62.28 crore in 2018. Assets of Sudesh Rai and Bhupendra grew by more than 500%. Narayan Tripathi’s grew by 473% while Usha Thakur assets showed 429% rise while Bharat Singh Kushwah’s assets grew by 396%. LoP Gopal Bhargava’s assets grew by 262% while Mahesh Rai’s grew by 243% and Ashish Govind Sharma by 245%.