Candidates contesting polls have to declare own and kins' income sources

With the government approving the Election Commission's suggestions on financial disclosures, candidates contesting elections will soon have to disclose their sources of income along with those of their spouses and dependents at the time of filing nomination papers.

The Union Law Ministry submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court saying that a decision was taken to amend the rules to include a column in the nomination form, in which a candidate can fill in the details, a report published in Hindustan Times said. 

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, however, refused to accede to the demand to