401 LS members have not declared asset details as on Sept 26

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 26 2014 | 6:00 PM IST
Over 400 Lok Sabha members including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani and Rajnath Singh have not declared their assets and liability details to the House secretariat as on September 26, according to an RTI reply.
Lok Sabha Secretariat said in reply to an RTI query that the asset details of 401 members were awaited as on September 26.
According to the Members of the Lok Sabha Declaration of Assets Rules 2004, a member is required to declare his assets within 90 days of taking oath.
Lok Sabha MPs who had not submitted the details by that date included Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharti, Nitin Gadkari, and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Lok Sabha Secretariat said no communication in this regard was sent to the members until September 26, when the RTI reply was received.
According to the RTI reply, the members included BJP (209), Congress (31), TMC (27), BJD (18), Shiv Sena (15), TDP (14), AIADMK (9) and TRS (8). Seven members were from YSR Congress, six from Lok Janshakti Party and four each from NCP, CPI (M) and SP, three each from Akali Dal, RJD, and AAP, and two each from JD(U) and Apna Dal among others.
Action against the members not submitting their asset details are taken under the Assets and Liability Declaration Rules 2004, Provisions 5 and 6, and the Representation of the People Act 1951, Section 75 (A).
Other MPs who had not yet submitted their details by that date included Harsh Vardhan, Radha Mohan Singh, Anant Geete, Anant Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Amarinder Singh, M Veerappa Moily, Mehbooba Mufti, Upendra Kushwaha, Kiren Rijiju and Supriya Sule.
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First Published: Oct 26 2014 | 6:00 PM IST

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