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[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-5408134,prtpage-1.cms "]Govt to match netas' I-T returns with poll affidavits[/url]

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry has quietly initiated the process of opening up the income tax files of politicians belonging to all parties and tallying their income statements with the affidavits filed by them with the Election Commission during the 2009 parliamentary polls.



Verification of the assets declared by the Lok Sabha candidates, many of whom have now become MPs and even ministers, will help the department to assess if they had paid appropriate taxes as declared in their statements with the two different authorities.