The Speaker has been served a Rs2 crore bill for illegally occupied bungalow; another list of rent-defaulters for government bungalows surface
Moneylife has earlier talked about parliamentarians who stay put in government bungalows even after their tenure has expired, and default on the rent http://www.moneylife.in/article/parliamentarians-finish-term-stay-put-in-government-bungalows-dont-pay-rent/20994.html
The Speaker of Lok Sabha, who is in charge of looking after accommodation for members of Parliament (MPs), has also almost Rs2 crore in unsettled dues for the bungalow which she has not handed over, even though the allocation has been cancelled.
RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal has accessed the information through a query to the directorate of estates. Surprisingly, the bill has been served to Meera Kumar as a ‘family member of late Indrani Devi’ and not as the occupant of the unauthorised bungalow at 6, KM Marg; which also houses a trust dedicated to her late father and former Parliamentarian Babu Jagjeevan Ram.
Ms Kumar, however, is not the only defaulter. Several others people have defaulted on government bungalow rents, too: AN Tiwari has dues worth Rs4.71 lakh, Ram Awadesh Singh has Rs5.38 lakh, Mrityunjaya Nayak with Rs3.21 lakh, Abdul Ali Azizi with Rs1.97 lakh, Amitabh Bhattacharya Rs2.04 lakhs, Pratibha Pande Rs43.6 lakh in dues and Pravir Kumar with Rs2.61 lakh in dues. JS Sharma and Dr Buta Singh, though occupying unauthorised quarters, do not have any outstanding dues.
Mr Agarwal has expressed dissatisfaction with the piecemeal way the he has been given the information. “The same CPIO vide her earlier recent RTI response dated 25 October 2011 provided altogether different list of rent-defaulters for the same/similar query. Learned CPIO may kindly be directed to provide correct/consolidated/updated list of rent-defaulters as on date.”
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Her Father had 'forgotton' to pay tax when he was a central minister. So is the 'illustrious' daughter.
It is a shame to read that Speaker of the Parliament owes so much as rent.
Do these VIP think are above Law.
Even the congressmen of both houses don't get any accommodation and has to arrange on their own. India followed her Masters but forgot to follow the Laws?
Would one not call this corruption?
How can the citizen follow any Laws when the lawmakers are the law breakers.
We Indians seems to enjoy getting anything and everything free even if we have to cheat and lied and good example is our leaders.
If the Hon. Speaker Madam doesn't pay, the others that she leads are bound to follow.
This case ought to be first on Annaji's Lok Pal's agenda, if it really means business. In India anything is possible don't be surprised if the entire issue is conveniently shoved under the carpet in a compromise!