How
they get their income ?
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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 :
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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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