Worth ₹36 cr, Rohini richest candidate in Bihar in 5th phase
7 months, 1 week ago

Worth ₹36 cr, Rohini richest candidate in Bihar in 5th phase

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad’s younger daughter Rohini Acharya, a medical graduate who is making her debut in electoral politics as the party candidate from Saran in the ongoing parliamentary elections in the country, owns assets worth ₹36 crore and is the richest among the 80 candidates in the fray in five seats of Bihar going to vote in the fifth phase of polling on May 20, according to self-sworn affidavits of candidates submitted to the Election Commission of India and analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms and the Bihar Election Watch. At ₹11 crore, the four candidates of the RJD had the highest average assets per candidate, followed by ₹10 crore of the three BJP candidates and ₹8 crore of the lone JD candidate. Of the total 80 candidates, 13 face serious criminal cases wherein the maximum punishment is of five years or more in jail, while 15 others face criminal cases. The lone candidates from the Janata Dal in Sitamarhi and the Congress in Muzaffarpur also face criminal cases.

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Jharkhand Assembly elections results 2024: 89% of newly elected MLAs in State are crorepatis, states Report
4 weeks ago

Jharkhand Assembly elections results 2024: 89% of newly elected MLAs in State are crorepatis, states Report

The Hindu  

89%of the newly elected MLAs in Jharkhand are 'crorepatis', and Rameshwar Oraon of the Congress is the richest legislator with total assets worth ₹42.20 crore, according to a report released on Monday. The Jharkhand Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms analysed the affidavits of 80, out of 81 winning candidates, and found that 71 newly elected MLAs in …

Jharkhand Assembly Election: Richest candidate has ₹400 crore net worth. Who is he?
1 month, 1 week ago

Jharkhand Assembly Election: Richest candidate has ₹400 crore net worth. Who is he?

Live Mint  

Jharkhand Assembly Election: The richest candidate in the Jharkhand assembly election 2024 has declared net worth of about ₹400 crore. Samajwadi Party's candiate from Pakur seat, Aquil Akhtar is the richest candidate contesting in upcoming phase 2 voting in Jharkhand, according to election watchdog, Association for Democratic Reforms. The third in the list is Aazad Samaj Party's Dhanwar candidate Mohammad …

86 out 90 MLA-elects in Haryana are crorepatis; 12 legislators face criminal cases: ADR data
2 months, 1 week ago

86 out 90 MLA-elects in Haryana are crorepatis; 12 legislators face criminal cases: ADR data

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In the newly-elected 90-member Haryana Assembly, 86 MLAs are crorepatis, while 12 have criminal cases against them, according to an analysis by poll rights body ADR. Of the 90 MLAs, 44 percent possess assets worth over Rs 10 crore, while only 2.2 percent have assets below Rs 20 lakh, the data showed. Party-wise, 96 per cent BJP legislators, …

21 newly elected Bihar Lok Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases: ADR report
6 months ago

21 newly elected Bihar Lok Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases: ADR report

Hindustan Times  

As many as 21 of the winning 40 Lok Sabha candidates from Bihar in the recently concluded general election have declared criminal cases against them, a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms said. Of the 12 BJP MPs, as many as eight have declared criminal cases. Of the 12 BJP MPs, as many as eight, including Janardan Singh Sigriwal, …

93% of MPs crorepati, 46% facing criminal charges: ADR report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

93% of MPs crorepati, 46% facing criminal charges: ADR report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The majority of the members of parliaments who have been elected in the recently concluded general election are crorepatis, while 251 of the 543 winning candidates facing criminal charges, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms report and National Election Watch report published on Thursday. 251 of the 543 winning candidates have declared criminal cases against them. In …

BJP Tops List of Rich Candidates in Telangana
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP Tops List of Rich Candidates in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India has fixed a ceiling of Rs 95 lakh for a candidate to spend on the Lok Sabha election campaign. The total assets declared by 51 candidates from the Congress, BJP, and the BRS, along with MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, the lone AIMIM candidate, stand at Rs 3,953.49 crore. Of this, BJP candidates have a …

BJP finds faults in Rohini Acharya’s poll affidavit
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP finds faults in Rohini Acharya’s poll affidavit

New Indian Express  

PATNA : Rohini Acharya, the RJD nominee and daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, has found herself embroiled in controversy following objections raised by BJP leaders against her nomination filed with the returning officer for Bihar’s Saran Lok Sabha seat. In their complaints, BJP leaders alleged that Rohini Acharya misrepresented her income and movable assets in both her income tax …

17 crorepatis candidates in race for four LS seats in Odisha
7 months, 2 weeks ago

17 crorepatis candidates in race for four LS seats in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

Bhubaneswar, Of the 37 candidates in the fray for the four Lok Sabha seats in Odisha going to the polls on May 13, as many as 17 are crorepatis, according to a report. 17 crorepatis candidates in race for four LS seats in Odisha The Association for Democratic Reforms said a total of 37 candidates are in the fray for …

Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya has assets worth around ₹16 cr: affidavit
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya has assets worth around ₹16 cr: affidavit

The Hindu  

RJD president Lalu Prasad's daughter Rohini Acharya, who is contesting the elections from Saran Lok Sabha seat as a Mahagathbandhan nominee, has movable and immovable assets worth ₹15.82 crore, he affidavit shows. According to the affidavit filed by her to the returning officer along with her nomination papers, Ms. Acharya declared she has movable assets worth ₹2.99 crore and immovable …

Phase 3 Bihar: 13 candidates face criminal cases, 12 serious ones
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Phase 3 Bihar: 13 candidates face criminal cases, 12 serious ones

Hindustan Times  

Of a total of 54 candidates in the fray in five Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the third phase in Bihar, 13 candidates face criminal cases and of them, 12 serious charges, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms. RJD candidate Rohini Acharya, accompanied by father Lalu Prasad and mother Rabri Devi, files her nomination …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP Chikkaballapura candidate K Sudhakar booked for alleged bribery in Karnataka
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP Chikkaballapura candidate K Sudhakar booked for alleged bribery in Karnataka

India TV News  

With the commencement of the second phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections, a case has been registered against BJP candidate K Sudhakar for alleged bribery and undue influence on the electorate after cash worth Rs 4.8 crores was seized. Taking to X, the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer on Friday posted that the Flying Squad Team of Chikkaballapura seized …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2: Venkataramane Gowda richest candidate with Rs 622 cr assets | Top 10
8 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2: Venkataramane Gowda richest candidate with Rs 622 cr assets | Top 10

India TV News  

The high-stakes Lok Sabha elections 2024 have been scheduled to take place in seven phases, with the first phase beginning April 19. With less than a day left for the general elections to commence, candidates from various political parties who are filing their election nomination have disclosed their personal details including assets, criminal background or cases, and financial situation, among …

With ₹26 crore assets, Atul Garg richest candidate in Ghaziabad
8 months, 1 week ago

With ₹26 crore assets, Atul Garg richest candidate in Ghaziabad

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party ’s sitting MLA and Lok Sabha candidate Atul Garg has emerged the richest candidate in Ghaziabad with assets totalling ₹26 crore, as per their election affidavits. According to the election affidavits, which were analysed by Association for Democratic Reforms on Tuesday, BJP’s Garg, 66, has total moveable and immovable assets of about ₹26 crore, making him the …

250 candidates in second phase of Lok Sabha elections have criminal cases against them: Reports
8 months, 1 week ago

250 candidates in second phase of Lok Sabha elections have criminal cases against them: Reports

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In the second phase of the Lok Sabha election, a total of 250 candidates in fray have criminal cases against them, with three facing murder charges, according to an analysis of self-sworn affidavits of the contestants by the Association for Democratic Reforms and the National Election Watch. Out of the 1,192 candidates analysed, 21 per cent …

West Bengal Lok Sabha elections: 10 out of 37 candidates contesting in 1st phase of polls are crorepatis
8 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal Lok Sabha elections: 10 out of 37 candidates contesting in 1st phase of polls are crorepatis

India TV News  

The West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms, which scrutinised the affidavits said ten out of the 37 candidates contesting from the three Lok Sabha seats of Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, and Alipurduar in West Bengal are crorepatis. CPI's Debraj Barman, contesting from the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha seat, has assets worth Rs 3,89,89,468, the highest among the lot. The …

16% of candidates contesting in LS Poll Phase 1 accused in criminal cases
8 months, 2 weeks ago

16% of candidates contesting in LS Poll Phase 1 accused in criminal cases

Hindustan Times  

Sixteen percent of the candidates contesting in Phase 1 of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections have criminal cases against them, revealed a report by the National Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms which analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,618 of the 1,625 candidates for Phase 1. The BJP has fielded 69 crorepati candidates while the Congress has fielded …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prajwal Revanna owns properties and valuables worth over ₹40.84 crore
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prajwal Revanna owns properties and valuables worth over ₹40.84 crore

The Hindu  

Prajwal Revanna, Janata Dal candidate in Hassan in Karnataka, possesses assets worth over ₹40.84 crore. This is against around ₹10 crore he had declared in 2019 when he contested the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. According to his affidavit, submitted along with the nomination papers, in the last five years, he had purchased 35 guntas and then 17.5 …

Tummala has just Rs 15 lakh of cash, says affidavit
1 year, 1 month ago

Tummala has just Rs 15 lakh of cash, says affidavit

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Tummala Nageswara Rao, the Congress candidate from Khammam and a former minister, has just Rs 15 lakh cash in hand, and his wife Bramaramba Rs 35 lakh, according to an election affidavit filed by him with the Election Commission. Nageswara Rao, who filed his nomination in Khammam on Friday, declared that his assets are worth Rs 69 lakh and …

Karnataka election 2023: 41% of candidates from Bengaluru region are crorepatis
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka election 2023: 41% of candidates from Bengaluru region are crorepatis

Live Mint  

Of the 384 of the candidates contesting from the Bengaluru seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election 157 are crorepati, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms report, a registered non-governmental organisation working to effect electoral reforms in the country. The ADR report analysed the self-sworn affidavit of 384 out of the 389 candidates, contesting in the 28 constituencies …

MCD polls: Maximum candidates with criminal cases in AAP, most crorepatis in BJP, says report
2 years ago

MCD polls: Maximum candidates with criminal cases in AAP, most crorepatis in BJP, says report

India Today  

The Association for Democratic Reforms and Delhi Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,336 candidates out of 1,349, who are contesting the crucial Municipal Corporation of Delhi election to be held on December 4. In the 2017 MCD polls, out of 2,315 candidates analysed, 173 had declared criminal cases against them. Likewise, in the upcoming civic body polls, …

Himachal Pradesh Polls: Over 50% Candidates Crorepatis, 66 in Rich List Facing Criminal Cases
2 years, 1 month ago

Himachal Pradesh Polls: Over 50% Candidates Crorepatis, 66 in Rich List Facing Criminal Cases

News 18  

In the high-stakes Himachal Pradesh assembly elections on Saturday, over 50 per cent candidates are crorepatis. BJP candidate tops rich list, 66 ‘criminal crorepatis’ The BJP candidate from Chopal constituency in Shimla, Balvir Singh Verma tops the list of crorepati candidates with total assets of Rs 128 crore. Former chief minister Virbhadra Singh’s son Vikramaditya Singh, who is fighting the …

RS polls: With three candidates in fray for fourth seat, it’s a cliffhanger
2 years, 6 months ago

RS polls: With three candidates in fray for fourth seat, it’s a cliffhanger

The Hindu  

The election to the fourth Rajya Sabha seat could become a cliffhanger for candidates of the three political parties as back channel talks between the Congress and Janata Dal to withdraw Congress candidate from the fray failed, raising fears of cross voting. Kupendra Reddy is richest Among the six candidates in fray for four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka, JD …

Know Your Candidates: Bareilly Cantonment Full Candidate List 2022 for UP Elections
2 years, 10 months ago

Know Your Candidates: Bareilly Cantonment Full Candidate List 2022 for UP Elections

News 18  

Voting is underway in Bareilly Cantonment seat in Phase 2 of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections today, February 14, 2022. The 60-year-old ‘crorepati’ candidate has declared total assets worth a whopping Rs 157.3 crore and liabilities worth Rs 57.6 lakh. He has declared total assets worth Rs 36 lakh, of which Rs 12 lakh are movable and Rs 24 lakh immovable. …

Know Your Candidates: Contestants from Roorkee Assembly Seat in Uttarakhand Elections 2022
2 years, 10 months ago

Know Your Candidates: Contestants from Roorkee Assembly Seat in Uttarakhand Elections 2022

News 18  

Polling is underway in Roorkee Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand Assembly elections 2022 today, February 14. The 53-year-old has mentioned Post Graduation as his educational qualification and declared total assets worth Rs 12.6 crore. The 54-year-old has declared total assets worth Rs 6.3 crore and no liabilities. The 63-year-old has a Graduate degree and owns total assets worth Rs 3.2 crore …

Bihar Election 2020: 81% winning candidates are crorepatis, says ADR
4 years, 1 month ago

Bihar Election 2020: 81% winning candidates are crorepatis, says ADR

India TV News  

A detailed analysis of affidavits of 241 winning candidates in Bihar Assembly elections shows that 194 of them have assets in crores. The average of assets per winning candidates is Rs 4.32 crore, the report mentions, adding the average of assets noted in 2015 Bihar Assembly polls was Rs 3.02 crores. Among major parties, the average assets per winning candidates …

Total 18% With Criminal Charges, 23% Crorepatis and 6% Females, How Parties Picked Faces for MP Bypolls
4 years, 1 month ago

Total 18% With Criminal Charges, 23% Crorepatis and 6% Females, How Parties Picked Faces for MP Bypolls

News 18  

A total of 18% of candidates in fray contesting Madhya Pradesh by-polls have criminal cases lodged against them with 11% of them having serious criminal charges against them, revealed a recent report by Association of Democratic Reforms. In other parties- Eight Bahujan Samaj Party candidates and four Samajwadi Party candidates besides 178 candidates also have criminal charges against them, according …

Every Third Candidate in Phase 1 of Bihar Polls a Crorepati, Anant Singh Has Maximum Assets
4 years, 2 months ago

Every Third Candidate in Phase 1 of Bihar Polls a Crorepati, Anant Singh Has Maximum Assets

News 18  

After the candidates filed the nomination for the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections, a study revealed that around one third or 35 percent of the candidates have assets more than Rs 1 crore. The report released on Tuesday stated that 39 of the 41 candidates analysed from RJD, 31 out of 35 from JD, 24 out of 29 candidates …

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