Complaint against Mann for filing ‘wrong’ assets details
Monday, 29/04/2019
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SANGRUR : A right to information (RTI) activist has filed a complaint with the Election Commission against sitting MP and AAP’s Sangrur candidate Bhagwant Mann who allegedly filing wrong information in his affidavit about his income and property.
In his complaint to the chief election commissioner, chief electoral officer, Punjab, and district election officer-cum-deputy commissioner, Sangrur resident Kamal Anand alleged that there is huge difference between affidavits filed by Mann in 2012, 2017 and 2019.
“In 2017 when he contested assembly election from Jalalabad against Sukhbir Singh Badal, he declared ₹9.34 lakh as his annual income. But in 2019, he mentioned his annual income at ₹16.54 lakh for the same year (2016-17),” alleged Anand.
In his recent affidavit, Mann has shown self-acquired property at Bir Kalan village measuring over 18 kanals, but in 2014, he has showed that he bought only 5 kanal land in Bir Kalan village, he alleged.
Anand said a probe should be ordered against Mann under Section 125A of the Representation of People Act, 1951, and Section 177 of Indian Panel Code for filling wrong information and wilfully concealing vital information about his income and self-purchase property in his affidavit.
Terming the allegations baseless, Mann said: “I will file a reply if I get a notice from the authorities concerned,”
District election officer-cum-deputy commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said he will look into the matter.
