AAP's Khetan declares Rs 1.34 cr, Kumar Rs 2.8 crore as assets

, March 20:

candidate Ashish Khetan has declared Rs 1.34 crore as movable and immovable properties in his

declaration affidavit filed with nomination paper on Thursday.

Khetan, who filed his nomination today from New Delhi constituency, has shown Rs 25.3 lakh as income in his last year's income tax return even as his wife Christina Lydia Fernandes has declared Rs 3.3 lakh income for the last financial year.

Khetan holds a commercial plot in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh worth Rs 6 lakh and has a house in Noida Sector 128 which is worth Rs 70 lakh. He has a liability of Rs 30 Lakh in home and car loans. Khetan's wife has Rs 33 lakh in movable assets including cash in hand, bank deposits, bonds and jewellery, but does not have any immovable property.

Ashish Khetan, a journalist, is contesting from New Delhi constituency

Another AAP candidate Anand Kumar, who is contesting election from Delhi North East constituency, has declared Rs 2.8 crore as his total assets, while his wife has Rs 7 lakh in her bank deposits and jewellery.

Kumar has declared Rs 17.2 lakh as income in his last year's income tax return, while his wife's income is shown as Rs 3.8 lakh. Kumar has shown Rs 14.8 lakh is his cash and deposits. He owns a flat in Gurgaon worth Rs 1.5 crore whereas he has a share in a Varanasi property worth Rs 1.2 crore. None of the two AAP candidates has any criminal case pending against them.

PTI