Lok Sabha MPs telephone, Internet bills cost nearly Rs 39 lakh in 7 months

Arteev Sharma

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Tribune News Service

Jammu, September 18

The Internet and telephone bills of Lok Sabha members cost the public exchequer nearly Rs 39 lakh in the first seven months (from January to July) this year.

This was disclosed by the liaison officer (phones), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, in Parliament while providing information sought under the RTI Act by a Jammu-based activist Rohit Choudhary.

“The telephone (PSTN) bills of Lok Sabha MPs from January to July 2020 were of Rs 13,08,151 while it was Rs 25,88,767 for Internet (broadband) for the period,” disclosed the liaison officer.

Choudhary said the people of Jammu and Kashmir had been deprived of 4G Internet service since August 5 last year but the parliamentarians continue to enjoy high-speed Internet at the cost of public exchequer.