Politicians and Privileges
While this is all fine, PM has left political parties from any scrutiny or investigations. When every one else is subjected to scrutiny and forced to disclose income, why political parties are left out ? Why are they exempt from declaring their income and pay taxes ? Why public should not know how much do they get in terms of donations and membership fees and how do they spend on various activities including elections ? Why should they not declare how much they received in cash and how much by cheques and who funded ? We all know that political patronage and favoritisms is a source of corruption, be it 2G, CWG or Coalgate. Why political parties should not come under the ambit of RTI ? What do they do that does not touch taxpayers money ? When there is a talk of transparency in political parties, all get united in opposing tooth and nail. Some point fingers to election commision saying that it is the job of election commision. After 70 years, time has come to equate Netas with common public and do away with exemption and privileges. They disrupt parliament at the drop of hat, wasting hundreds or crores of tax payers money but do not take even a minute to award pay hike and perks for themselves
Time has come that all citizens should demand transparency from political class and do away with privileges they enjoy. more