Shrivenkateshwar Maha Swamiji who is contesting from Bijapur in Karnataka on a Hindustan Janata Party ticket has assets worth Rs 9 and his immovable assets are nil. He is followed by Sreejith PR, an independent from Wayanad, has assets worth Rs 12. Johnson Vasant Kolhapure contesting as an independent from the Pune seat is third on the list. He has declared assets worth Rs 207. There are 11 candidates who have declared zero assets in their poll affidavits.
Vasanthakumar H, a Congress candidate from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu is the richest among all the candidates contesting in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. His total assets are more than Rs 417 crore. He is followed by Uday Singh of the Congress from Purnia in Bihar at Rs 341 crore and DK Suresh from the same party from Bengaluru South in Karnataka at Rs 338 crore.
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms ( ADR), JP Ladakbhai of Bahujan Mukti Party, B Vansabhai Khulat of Bhartiya Tribal Party, HR Bhanabhai of Navsarjan Bharat Party, Shankar Jadhav of Bharatiya Peoples Party, DS Khatarabhai, MS Khanagoudar, Suresh Kumar, Tawar Vijay Jagan, NS Ramjan, AR Shaikh and RB Mahapure (all Independent) have declared zero assets in their affidavits. All of them have neither movable nor immovable assets in their name or in their spouse name.
ADR report also says Suhas Popat Gajarmal, who is contesting from Pune on the Rashtriya Janasakti Party, has assets worth Rs 771. RK Mishra who is contesting from Puri, on a ticket of CPI(ML) Red Star, has assets Rs 1,000. Sharad Bhamre, a candidate from Jalgaon has assets worth Rs 1,500. An independent candidate Aswathi Rajappan of Ernakulam, has declared assets worth Rs 2,026.
ADR also says the richest candidate is Samajwadi Party ( SP) leader Kunwar Devendra Singh Yadav with assets worth Rs 204 crore in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls. Yadav is contesting the elections from Etah in Uttar Pradesh. He is followed Bhonsle Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayanraje Pratapasinh Maharaj contesting on an Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ticket from Satara is second on the list. He has assets worth Rs 199 crore.Praveen Singh Aron, with assets worth Rs 147 crore is third on the list. He is contesting on a Congress ticket from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
The ADR report says that there are 392 candidates in the fray with assets worth more than Rs one crore. There are 392 (25 per cent) candidates who have assets worth Rs 1 crore and more. Among the major parties 81 (84 per cent) out of 97 candidates from BJP, 74 (82 per cent) out of 90 candidates from INC, 9 (90 per cent) out of 10 candidates from SP, 10(53 per cent) candidates from CPI(M), 12(13 per cent) candidates from BSP, 9 (41 per cent) candidates from SHS and 7 (70 per cent) out of 10 candidates from NCP have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore.
There are 392(25 per cent) candidates who have assets worth Rs 1 crore and more. Among the major parties 81(84 per cent) out of 97 candidates from BJP, 74 (82 per cent) out of 90 candidates from INC, 9 (90 per cent) out of 10 candidates from SP, 10 (53 per cent) candidates from CPI(M), 12 (13 per cent) candidates from BSP, 9 (41 per cent) candidates from SHS and 7 (70 per cent) out of 10 candidates from NCP have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore.
