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Sitting, former MPs owe MTNL over Rs.9 crore
Tuesday November 22, 2011 09:11:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Sitting and
former MPs from various parties owe a staggering Rs.9 crore to
state-run telecom provider MTNL, over and above the free calls
they are allowed, a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query
revealed Tuesday.
The reply lists 399 MPs who alone owe Rs.7.10 crore dues to MTNL,
followed by Rs.1.97 crore owed by six sitting members.
The list for former MPs defaulting upon their bills is led by
Rajya Sabha ex-member Janardhan Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party)
whose pending bill is around Rs.22.29 lakh.
Others in the list include ex-Lok Sabha MP Basavaraj Patil
(Congress) whose dues amount to around Rs.17.20 lakh followed by
late Rajya Sabha MP K. Mohammad Khan (Congress) who owed Rs.15.28
lakh to MTNL.
The list of defaulting sitting MPs is led by Rajya Sabha MP
Narender Budhania (Congress) with Rs. 13.37 lakh unpaid followed
by Lok Sabha MP Ram Sunder Das (Janata Dal-United), with Rs.9.49
lakh, and Bhakta Charan Das (Congress) whose dues are Rs.3.3l lakh.
"It is not clear how MTNL will recover such heavy amount. Rules
should allow auto-deduction of all government bills from salaries
and pensions of present and former parliamentarians," said Subhash
Chandra Agrawal, the RTI activist who filled the application.
The MPs currently get 1.5 lakh free calls including dial-up
internet facility from MTNL.
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