Candidates In Lok Sabha Election Must Declare 5 Years Income Tax Returns, Foreign Assets [Read Notification]

The candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will have to declare the income tax returns of past five years and details of foreign assets held by them, as per the Conduct of Election(Amendment) Rules 2019 notified by the Ministry of Law and Justice yesterday.The Rules are notified in exercise of powers under Section 169 read with 33 of the Representation of People Act 1951. The...