Wealth statement of ministers
It is a waste of time and effort if wealth statements of ministers are not made public for transparency and accountability. The procedure of submitting such statements to the PM, says nothing about PM's own wealth statement (or for that matter that of the President). Do the PM and President remain exempt from such statements? Who will guard the guardians? If wealth statements are not made public how would the citizens be assured that the incumbent in high posts are good persons to vote for in subsequent elections. Failure of such evaluation is not democracy at all, unless there is some other clear mechanism for assessment of their honesty.
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