From where do candidates ( contesting elections ) get
their income ?
How do they manage to increase their wealth by 300 % -
500 % in those 5 years that they are MPs / MLAs / Corporators ?
Do voters have a right to know about such details
before deciding to vote for a candidate ?
Such questions were bothering Indian voters but (
sitting ) MPs / MLAs were just not ready ( ? ) to pass any law that would make
it mandatory for the candidates to declare such info and place it in public
domain
That made me incorporate
following provision in my suggested Mobile App “ Votes App
“ [ 19 Aug
2013 ], as follows :
·
Upon selection, user will be presented with the list of
candidates contesting , from which , he can select only one by ticking a
checkbox. There will be also a choice , labeled “ None “
* A long press on a candidate’s name will display
details of his declared assets as also his criminal record
Then , in ,
Candidates
/ Spouses / Kids : Assets ? [ 16 Feb
2018 ] ,
I wrote :
--------------
Dear Hon Supreme Court :
There is no
need for “ setting up a permanent
mechanism to keep tabs on and probe the assets of law-makers and their
immediate families “
All that is required is to add one more field in
the Income Tax Form ( revised one introduced in 2016 ) , which says :
“ If either yourself or any member of your near
family ( spouse / children / son-in-law / daughter-in-law ) have held any
position in Parliament or State Legislature or Municipal Corporation , at any
time during past 5 years , provide full details below :…………………. “
For 2016-17 assessment year, the tax department has
unveiled new income tax return form
For persons with income above Rs 50 lakhs, it requires
submission of following details ( with cost of each item ) :
* All immovable assets ( such as land / buildings etc )
* All movable assets ( such as Cash, Jewellery , Vehicles
, Yachts etc )
* All liabilities ( such as loans )
For rest of the “ permanent mechanism “ and “ informed choice of the candidate “ , find
Solutions at :
Electoral Reforms Through Backdoor ? [ 03 April 2016 ]
Filtering Candidate Information ? [ 18 Sept 2016 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/09/filtering-candidate-information.html
Reforming Elections and Lok Sabha [ REaL ] [ 20 Dec 2016 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/12/reforming-elections-and-lok-sabha-real.html
From following news report , it seems that my emails (
to Cabinet Ministers – NITI Aayog – PM-EAC – Supreme Court etc ) might have got
read !
Extract
:
Now,
a candidate who wishes to contest local body elections in Maharashtra
will have to disclose
his and his family’s sources of income as part of the election affidavit that he files
with SEC
So
far , a candidate would only have to mention , his and his family’s liabilities
and assets besides personal details like qualifications and police cases.
But
now on , information regarding the source of income for the last 3 years, details of income tax
returns and even PAN card number will have to be
mentioned in the affidavit
An
affidavit filed by any candidate is put in the public domain so that voters can
make an informed choice during elections
The
information will have to be given in a prescribed format and all income sources – farming , employment
, business or rent generated from properties among others – will have to be
mentioned
Thank You , Hon Supreme Court !
You are the common
man’s , ” Court of Last Resort “
But please remember that the common man has no money to
hire expensive lawyers to bring his plaint to your doorsteps
Most
he can do is to send you emails ! ( supreme@Supremecourt.nic.in )
I
urge you to treat as a PIL , my following earlier email suggesting transparency
/ reforms in the funding of the Political Parties :
19 Aug
2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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