Bihar 3rd phase polls: Richest candidate is worth Rs 928 crore, poorest 0
New Delhi, Oct 20: The richest candidates contesting the third phase of the Bihar assembly elections 2015 is worth Rs 928 crore where as the poorest have declared zero assets. The declarations provided in the affidavits filed analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms shows a huge discrepancy between the richest and the poorest candidates.
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Ramesh Sharma an independent candidate is the richest with assets worth Rs 9,2853,54,696. Yugeshwar Manjhi and Kumar Rajiv have no assets. Their declarations show the income as zero. The average of assets per candidate contesting in the third phase of Bihar assembly elections is Rs 2.40 crores.
The richest:
Ramesh Sharma who is contesting from the Bikram constituency as an independent candidate has assets worth 9,2853,54,696. He has movable and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 23,93,54,696 and Rs 9,04,60,00,000 respectively.
Dr Kumar Indradev contesting as an independent from the Barh constituency has movable assets worth Rs 22,48,600 and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 1,1102,00,000. In total his assets are worth Rs 1,11,24,48,600.
Akilesh Kumar a BSP candidate contesting from the Bakhtiarpur constituency has movable assets worth Rs 7,56,92,310 and immovable assets of Rs 54,27,85,000. The total assets of Kumar are Rs 61,84,77,310.
Candidates with least income:
2 candidates out of all the 808 candidates, Yugeshwar Manjhi, an Independent candidate from Asthawan constituency and Kumar Rajiv, another Independent candidate from Fatwah constituency, have declared zero assets in their affidavits.
Manmohan Kumar contesting from the Nalanda constituency on a CPI(ML)(L) ticket has movable assets 2000 and no immovable assets. The total is Rs 2,000.
Umeshwar
Mishra
contesting
from
the
Arrah
assembly
constituency
on
a
Bharatiya
Jagran
Party
ticket
has
no
immovable
assets.
He
has
movable
assets
of
Rs
2000.
Bir
Kuar
Singh
an
independent
candidate
contesting
from
the
Amnour
constituency
is
worth
Rs
5,000.
He
has
no
immovable
assets
while
his
movable
assets
are
valued
at
Rs
5,000.
Party
wise
crorepati
candidates:
26
(76%)
out
of
34
fielded
by
BJP,
13
(28%)
out
of
47
candidates
of
BSP,
13
(72%)
out
of
18
candidates
from
JD(U),
5
(71%)
out
of
7
candidates
from
INC,
20
(80%)
out
of
25
candidates
from
RJD,
16
(52%)
out
of
31
candidates
fielded
by
SP,
13
(54%)
out
of
24
candidates
of
JAP(L),
7
(70%)
out
of
10
candidates
of
LJP
and
52
(19%)
out
of
276
Independent
candidates
have
declared
assets
worth
more
than
Rs.
1
crore.
Party wise average assets:
Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 34 BJP candidates is Rs 2.06 crores, 47 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 2.21 crores, 18 JD(U) candidates have average assets worth of Rs 2.43 crores, 7 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 5.88 crores, 25 RJD candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.66 crores, average assets of 31 SP candidates are Rs 1.59 crores, 24 JAP(L) candidates have average assets of Rs 2.13 crores, average assets of 10 LJP candidates are Rs 2.62 crores and 276 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 4.59 crores.
A total of 276 (34%) candidates have not declared their PAN details. 458 (57%) out of 808 candidates have not declared income tax details.
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