The 2013 Assembly Elections has sided in the favour of the prosperous candidates, with 73 per cent of the newly elected MlAs falling in the millionaire league.
Fifty one winning candidates across the different parties in the 70 member assembly have declared assets worth crores of rupees and are among the richest newly elect MlAs. The figures are as per the data compiled by non-profit organi- sation Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The two winning candidates fall in the three-digit crorepati league. Topping the crorepati winners is Shiromani Akali Dal’s candidate from Rajouri Garden, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who has declared assets worth Rs 235 crore.
Sirsa is the only candidate who managed to bag a seat during this election from SAD. Following him in the millionaire league of winning MlA candidates is Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Sat Prakash Rana, who had declared assets of Rs 111 crore. He won from the Bijwasan constituency. The other 49 crorepati winners lag much behind the above two candidates. Among them are Congress party’s Devender Yadav from Badli constituency and BJP’s Dharam Dev Solanki from Palam constituency, both of who have declared assets worth Rs 27 crore.
Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate who contested election from New Delhi and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate, Dr Harsh Vardhan who contested from Krishna Nagar have declared assets worth Rs 2 crore.