Punjab crorepati politicians don't fill it returns

CHANDIGARH: Karan Kaur Brar, may be the richest crorepati candidate in Punjab elections, but has never filed het income tax returns.
Brar, whose movable and immovable assets are over Rs 128 crore and who is contesting from Muktsar, is one of the three super rich candidates, who shy away from filling their IT returns.
The other two politicians, who have never bothered to fill their returns are Ramanjit Singh Sikki, Congress candidate contesting from Khadoor Sahib and Gurpartap Singh Wadala, SAD man contesting from Nakodar.Both have total assets of Rs 20.12 crore and Rs 13.71 crore respectively.
As per the figures provided by the civil society organizations association for democratic reforms and Punjab election watch, 92 candidates (23%) out of 408 candidates analyzed have declared that they have never filed income tax returns.
Out of these 92 candidates, Congress has 15 out of 116, SAD has 11 out of 93, PPP has 20 out of 89 and BSP has 27 out of 61 and BJP has 1 out of 21 contestants, who have not filed IT returns.
The data also reveals that 47 candidates do not have a PAN number. Those who don’t have PAN number include 5 from Congress, 5 from SAD, 7 from PPP and 18 from BSP.
Top three candidates with maximum assets but not declared their PAN card details are Gurpartap Singh Wadala of SAD who is contesting from Nakodar and has total assets of Rs 13.71 crore. He is followed by Brahm Mohindra, Congress candidate contesting from Patiala Rural and Sikander Singh, an independent candidate contesting from Rampura Phul. Both have total assets of Rs 6.49 crore and Rs 6.32 crore respectively.
Punjab deputy cm Sukbhir Badal has the highest annual income of Rs 4.58 crore. He is followed by his father Parkash Singh Badal with Rs 2 crore. Rana Gurjit Singh of Congress earns Rs 1.59 crore and Kewal Singh Dhillon has an annual income of Rs 1.53 crore.
Deep Malhotra of Shiromani Akali Dal has an annual income of Rs 1.10 crore, reveals the data.