As many as 199 sitting MLAs and seven MPs have not declared their Permanent Account Number (PAN) details. The highest number of MLAs, who have not declared PAN details, are 51 from the Congress, followed by 42 MLAs from the BJP and 25 MLAs from the CPI(M).
Interestingly, the highest numbers of 33 MLAs who have not declared the PAN details are from Kerala, followed by 28 MLAs from Mizoram and 19 MLAs from Madhya Pradesh. Two MPs each from Odisha and Tamil Nadu, and one MP each Assam, Mizoram and Lakshadweep have not declared their PAN details.
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the PAN details of 542 sitting Lok Sabha MPs and 4086 MLAs. Of which 11 re-elected MPs and 35 re-elected MLAs have dissimilarities in the PAN details submitted by them in their affidavits. The discrepancy also found in the PAN details of several re-elected MLAs.
"The PAN comprises 4 alphabets, 4 numerical and an alphabet at the end, e.g: ABCD4321F. Discrepancy noticed in the PAN card is that one number/alphabet is changed. Four re-elected MPs from BJD, 2 re-elected MPs each from BJP and Congress, and one re-elected MP each NCP, JD(S) and SHS have the discrepancy in their declared PAN details. When it comes State wise re-elected MLAs with the discrepancy in PAN details, Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of re-elected MLAs i.e. 8 followed by Maharashtra with 7 re-elected MLAs who have the discrepancy in declared PAN details," the report said.
The highest number of re-elected MLAs who have discrepancy in declared PAN details are 18, from BJP, followed by 9 MLAs from INC and 3 MLAs from JD(U).