7 MPs, 199 MLAs have not declared PAN details: Report
Seven sitting parliamentarians and 199 MLAs in the country have not declared their PAN details which are needed in filing nomination papers for elections, a report said yesterday. The report, prepared after analysis of Permanent Account Number (PAN) details of 542 Lok Sabha MPs and 4,086 MLAs, has been brought out by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW).
Congress has most MLAs who haven't declared PAN details
PAN details are to be furnished before returning officers by candidates contesting elections for parliament and state legislative bodies, in affidavits along with their nomination papers. The highest number of MLAs (51) who haven't declared PAN details are from Congress followed by 42 BJP MLAs, 25 CPI(M) MLAs. State-wise, the highest number (33) was from Kerala, followed by Mizoram (28) and Madhya Pradesh (19).
28 out of 40 MLAs in Mizoram haven't declared details
Interestingly, in Mizoram's 40-member Assembly, 28 did not give details of their PAN. In case of MPs, two each from Odisha (both from BJD) and Tamil Nadu (both AIADMK), and one each from Assam, Mizoram, and Lakshadweep have not declared their PAN details. One MP each from Congress, AIUDF, and NCP have also not declared their PAN details, said the report.
BJP has the most MLAs with discrepancies in PAN details
The highest number of re-elected MLAs (18), whose PAN details had discrepancies, belonged to the BJP followed by nine from the Congress and three from the JD(U). Four re-elected MPs from the BJD, two re-elected MPs each from the BJP and the Congress, and one re-elected MP each of the NCP and JD(S) have discrepancies in their PAN details, the report said.
