INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT TO VERIFY CANDIDATES’ ASSESTS DISCLOSED IN AFFIDAVITS
We Neeraj Saxena (Advocate) and Sanjeev Gupta (Engineer) both (residents of Ghaziabad) and members of Maulik Bharat are working on electoral reforms, good governance, transparency and accountability for the last 5 years.
On 23 March 2017, The Election Commission of India conceded to our prayer to verify the moveable and immoveable assets of all candidates who contested Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh legislative elections 2017, by Income Tax Department.
General Elections to all five states were declared by ECI on 04 Jan 2017 and model code of conduct was imposed. Perhaps the ECI skipped its duty under Article 324 of Indian Constitution to get the contents of affidavits verified filed by candidates during general elections.
To remind the ECI of its duties unde...







