Lok Sabha Election 2024: Wayanad Nominees Rahul Gandhi And Annie Raja Declare Assets

Nominations for the April 26 Lok Sabha elections were filed by high-profile candidates including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Annie Raja of the Communist Party of India (CPI), on Wednesday.

Notably, Raja is the general secretary of the CPI's National Federation of Indian Women and the wife of the party's general secretary D Raja. Annie Raja filed her nomination against Rahul Gandhi, reported by Hindustan Times.

Rahul Gandhi, Annie Raja File Nominations For Lok Sabha Elections

Prior to filing their nomination papers, roadshows in the constituency were held by both Rahul Gandhi and Annie Raja. As per the affidavit filed by Rahul Gandhi, it was reported by India Today that the former Congress president has stock market investments amounting to ₹4.3 crore, mutual funds deposits of ₹3.81 crore, and ₹26.25 lakh in a bank account.

Rahul Gandhi's affidavit revealed that he possesses ₹55,000 in cash and had a total income of ₹1,02,78,680 during the financial year 2022-23.

The affidavit indicated a 59 per cent increase in the gross total value of Rahul Gandhi's movable assets over five years, reported by Onmanorama.com. In 2019, his movable assets were valued at ₹5.8 crore, whereas in the latest affidavit, the value of movable assets was ₹9.24 crore.

However, according to India Today, the Congress leader possesses gold bonds worth ₹15.2 lakh and has invested in National Savings Schemes, Postal Savings, insurance policies, and other areas totaling ₹61.52 lakh. Additionally, he has a liability of about ₹49.7 lakh.

As per News18, citing the affidavit, Rahul Gandhi's assets are worth ₹20 crore with an annual income of over ₹1 crore. Furthermore, Rahul Gandhi has declared agricultural land jointly owned with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Delhi's Mehrauli, along with office space in Gurugram valued at ₹11 crore.

Annie Raja's assets

Annie Raja's total assets are worth only ₹72 lakh. It was disclosed that Annie Raja has declared only ₹10,000 cash in hand, bank deposits worth ₹62,000, jewellery worth ₹25,000, and an inherited property worth ₹71 lakh, reported News 18.

Furthermore, Rahul Gandhi is being contested against by Annie Raja and Bharatiya Janata Party state president K Surendran in Wayanad. It was noted that Rahul Gandhi had registered a thumping victory from the Wayanad seat in 2019 with a margin of more than four lakh votes.

According to an Election Commission notification, polling will be held in all of Kerala's 20 parliamentary constituencies on April 26, in the second phase of the nationwide elections, for which the last date of filing nomination papers is April 4.