With the completion of the lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, the Income Tax department is now targeting the political leaders who have minted money.
The IT department, however, is scrutinising their affidavits for property details including their intelligence information and IT returns. They have also started investigating the leaders who have suddenly become rich.Apart from election expenditure during the lok Sabha elections, the officials are focussing on the leaders with questionable assets. The department is particularly scrutinising the property declared with their nomination papers.
In such cases, the details of their income would be compared with the affidavit submitted by them. If a large difference is found, an investigation would be conducted.The Election Commission has appointed the IT department to keep a watch on the expenditure by the candidate.The officers of joint director level will be the nodal officers. In suspicious cases, the field officers would also correspond with general letters.On finding discrepancy, the candidate would be served notice. The property of the candidate like land, jewellery and cash would also be demanded.