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Rahul, Sonia, Advani and 398 other LS members yet to declare assets

Source: PTI
October 26, 2014 15:04 IST
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Over 400 incumbent Lok Sabha members including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani and Rajnath Singh have not yet declared their assets and liability details, according to an RTI reply.

Lok Sabha Secretariat said in an RTI query said the assets details of 401 members of Lok Sabha are still awaited.

According to the Members of the Lok Sabha Declaration of Assets Rules 2004, a member is supposed to declare his assets within 90 days of taking oath.

The Lok Sabha MPs who have not yet submitted the assets and liability details include Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharti, Nitin Gadkari, and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Lok Sabha Secretariat said no communication in this regard was sent to the members until September 26, when the RTI was received.

According to the RTI reply, there are 209 Bharatiya Janata Party MPs who have not yet submitted their details. There are 31 members from Congress, 27 from Trinamool Congress, 18 from Biju Janata Dal, 15 from Shiv Sena, 14 from Telugu Desam Party, 9 from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and 8 from Telangana Rashtra Samithi. 7 members are from YSR Congress, 6 from Lok Janshakti Party and 4 from Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India-Marxist and SP each, 3 members from Akali Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, and Aam Aadmi Party each, and 2 each from Janata Dal-United and Apna Dal.

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