While Citizens Are Harassed over Aadhaar, 7 sitting MPs and 199 MLAs have not declared their PAN details: Report

As many as seven sitting members of Parliament (MP) and 199 members of legislative assembly (MLAs) have not declared their permanent account number (PAN) in their affidavits, reveals a report.

According to an analysis carried out by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), and National Election Watch (NEW) two MPs each from Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and one each from Congress, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have not declared their PAN details in their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission of India..

“The highest number of MLAs, 51 who have not declared PAN details are from Congress, followed by 42 MLAs from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 25 MLAs from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The highest number of MLAs, 33 who have not declared PAN details are from Kerala, followed by 28 MLAs from Mizoram and 19 MLAs from Madhya Pradesh. Two MPs each from Odisha and Tamil Nadu, and one MP each Assam, Mizoram and Lakshadweep have not declared their PAN details,” the report says.

ADR and NEW analysed the PAN details of re-elected MPs and MLAs in their affidavits submitted prior to last two Lok Sabha elections and last two elections in each assembly. It found 11 re-elected MPs and 35 re-elected MLAs have dissimilarities in the PAN details submitted by them in their affidavits.

It says, highest number of re-elected MLAs, 18 who have discrepancy in declared PAN details are from BJP, followed by 9 MLAs from Congress and three MLAs from JD (U). Four re-elected MPs from BJD, two re-elected MPs each from BJP and Congress, and one re-elected MP each NCP, JD(S) and Shiv Sena have discrepancy in declared their PAN details.

Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of re-elected MLAs at eight followed by Maharashtra with seven re-elected MLAs who have discrepancy in declared PAN details. Four re-elected MPs from Odisha, two re-elected MPs each from Maharashtra and Karnataka, one re-elected MP each from Manipur and West Bengal who have discrepancy in declared their PAN details, the analysis shows.