Thursday, April 16, 2009

India Elections : The Rich and Richer

Disclosed, the wealth of the aspiring MP(ministers of parliament) in India.

Wonder, what the low watermark and high watermark are for these upcoming elections. Atleast, from this article from the “masala time of india”, it is 122crores(~24.5million) to 600 crores(120million). I also wonder how this compares to US senators and congressman.

Soniaji may be at the bottom of the heap…if this article is any indicator.

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BSP candidate Deepak Bhardwaj declares assets worth Rs 600cr

16 Apr 2009, 1529 hrs IST, TNN

NEW DELH: Deepak Bhardwaj of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday filed his nominations papers from the West Delhi constituency, declaring assets worth a whopping Rs 600 crore.

Bhardwaj is the richest candidate, so far, for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections surpassing the previous richest candidate who had declared assets worth Rs 514 crore.

Interestingly, the candidate who belongs to Mayawati's party came on a tractor that he uses on his farmland, to the Rampura election office in West Delhi to file his nomination.

The 58-year-old tycoon owns businesses in real estate, hotels and education. He runs a school in Dwarka and plans to open two more schools- one in Dwarka and the other in Dhansa, both in West Delhi.

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A resident of Lajwanti Garden in West Delhi, Bhardwaj also owns a township project called Deepganga in Hardwar and a hotel called Niteshpunj Hotel Complex on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway.

Earlier this week, the previous richest LS candidate, a Mumbai-based businessman, filed his nomination as an Independent from Surendranagar. Khimji Patadia, 53, has declared assets worth Rs 514 crore, mainly in jewellery and real estate.

Besides Patadia, Bhardwaj beats candidates like the Congress’s L Rajagopal from Vijaywada (Rs 299 crore), the BSP’s Karan Singh Tanwar from South Delhi (Rs 150 crore) and the SP’s Abu Azmi from Mumbai NW (Rs 122 crore).

 

Courtesy: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/BSP-candidate-Deepak-Bhardwaj-declares-assets-worth-Rs-600cr/articleshow/4409845.cms

 

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