Dissident JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Prasad Kushwaha today questioned the Nitish Kumar government's commitment to clean up the system from corruption by merely seeking declaration of assets from its ministers and demanded that all politicians be asked to put out their assets for the information of the general public.

The state government should ensure that all politicians be made to declare their assets annually detailing the sources of their properties, he said at a function where he took an initiate by declaring various sources of his assets upon taunted to do so by some JD(U) leaders recently.

In addition, a mechanism should be put in place for verification of the assets of various people comprising politicians, ministers and government servants in order to make the anti-corruption crusade a success, Kushwaha suggested.

Taking on his detractors in the ruling JD(U) camp, the disgruntled JD(U) MP said that his assets worth Rs 2.48 crore have been raised through legitimate sources of income over the years and said that if his rivals were not satisfied with his clarifications then they were free to seek a probe through any other agency, including judiciary.

Kushwaha expressed his anguish at being let down by the top JD(U) leaders, including the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and said that none of the senior leaders stood by him while some ruling party leaders had levelled corruption charges against him.