After his five years stint as Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar’s movable assets has witnessed an increase from mere Rs 8.29 lakh to 94 lakh in the last five years while the value of his immovable assets has decreased from Rs 53 lakh to Rs 33 lakh.
The Chief Minister has declared a total assets worth Rs 1.27 crore in his affidavit filed before the returning officer in Karnal on Tuesday. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders during the submission of his nomination papers from Karnal assembly constituency.
According to the affidavit filed, Manohar Lal’s movable assets grew from Rs 8,29,952 in 2014 to Rs 9400885 in 2019. His movable assets include Rs 15,000 as cash in hand and Rs 93.85 lakh as bank deposits and FDRs.
The 65-year old Chief Minister, a bachelor, does not own a car or jewellery. A graduate from Delhi University, Khattar's affidavit showed immoveable assets including inherited piece of 12 Kanal agricultural land worth Rs 30 lakh at his native Binyani village in Rohtak district and residential property with 1350 sq ft area worth Rs 3 lakh in the same village.
As per his latest affidavit, the Chief Minister’s 20 Kanal agriculture land has come down to 12 Kanal in the last five years.
In 2014, he had a loan of Rs 6.20 lakh while the fresh affidavit clears him of any debt. Manohar Lal does not have any criminal case against him and was never convicted in any case, said the affidavit.
There are also no outstanding dues in respect of rent, electricity, water and telephone charges for the accommodation provided to him in Chandigarh’s Sector 3, as per the affidavit.
With the government salary as his sole source of income, the Chief Minister had filed income tax returns of Rs 28.95 lakh in 2018-19, Rs 31.39 lakh in 2017-18, Rs 34.86 lakh in 2016-17 and Rs 6.21 lakh in 2015-2016 and Rs 11.25 lakh in 2014-15.
In his Income Tax Return filed in 2013-2014, he had declared his income at Rs 2.73 lakh.