Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with assets worth Rs 143.26 crore is the richest among the nine MLCs elected unopposed to the Upper House of the Maharashtra Legislature last week.
According to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) released here on Wednesday, Uddhav has movable assets worth Rs 61,89,57,443 and immovable assets worth Rs 81,37,17,320 which amounts to a total of Rs 1,43,26,74,763. Uddhav has declared highest liabilities worth Rs 15.50 Crore.
Among the 9 MLCs elected last week, the Opposition BJP’s Gopichand Padalkar has the lowest assets amounting to Rs 87.63 lakh. her part, Shiv Sena’s Neelam Gorhe, who is currently the deputy chairperson of the State Legislative Council, has declared assets worth Rs 7.70 crore, while the NCP’s Amol Mitkari (Rs 1.17 crore), and Congress’ Rajesh Rathod (Rs 6.42 crore) have modest assets of 1.17 crore and Rs 6.42 crore respectively.
Another NCP’s newly elected member Shashikant Shinde has declared an asset of Rs 39.88 crore.
From among the Opposition BJP MLCs, the richest is Ranjitsinh V. Mohite-Patil (Rs 50.21 crore), followed by Ramesh Karad (Rs 8.17 crore) and Pravin Datake (Rs 2.56 crore), while Padalkar is the only a lakh-pati in the BJP.
Only one among the nine new MLCs possesses a post-graduate qualification, while two are professional graduates, three are graduates and two have passed out High Secondary School.
Among the new MLCs, 7 have declared criminal cases against them while two have serious cases like attempt to murder, rape and murder declared against them, said the ADR report