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\nThe Supreme Court today asked the Centre to furnish the details of a probe against lawmakers whose income shot up manifold within a short span of time.<\/p>\n
A Bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar \u2014 which expressed strong displeasure over the government not sharing with it details of a probe being conducted by the Central Board of Direct Taxex (CBDT) against politicians \u2014 said it must place a fresh affidavit before it by 10.30 am on September 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe affidavit you have filed is not even worth the piece of paper it\u2019s written on\u2026 When an affidavit was placed, all information about any inquiry going on should be placed,\u201d the Bench said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe information in the CBDT affidavit is not complete. Is this the attitude of the Government of India? What have you done till now?\u201d asked the Bench, which is hearing a PIL filed by Lok Prahari, an NGO, on the disclosure of sources of income by the candidates when they file their nominations for elections.<\/p>\n
While filing their nomination papers, candidates were disclosing their assets, assets of their spouse, children and other dependents, but they do not reveal the sources of income, SN Shukla of Lok Prahari contended.<\/p>\n
According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) that works for electoral reforms, assets of four current Lok Sabha MPs have increased 12 times while 22 others declared a five-fold increase.<\/p>\n
A newly elected Rajya Sabha MP declared an asset growth of over 21 times since his last affidavit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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