The report says that this time the average assets per candidate contesting the elections is Rs 2.27 crore. The average assets per candidate for 2,315 candidates in the 2017 civic polls was Rs 1.61 crore.
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Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) Bharatiya Janata Party in Elections (BJP) has the maximum number of crorepati candidates. This claim has been made in a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). According to the report, two of the top three richest candidates are from the BJP and one from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
According to reports, three AAP candidates have the highest liabilities, while two independents have declared zero assets. Another independent candidate, a Congress candidate and a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate have the least assets. It said that 162 (65 per cent) out of 249 BJP candidates, 148 (60 per cent) out of 248 candidates of AAP and 107 (44 per cent) out of 245 candidates of Congress declared assets of more than Rs one crore. Is.
Average assets per candidate Rs 2.27 crore
The report says that this time the average assets per candidate contesting the elections is Rs 2.27 crore. The average assets per candidate for 2,315 candidates in the 2017 civic polls was Rs 1.61 crore.
According to this, BJP’s Ram Dev Sharma, who is contesting from 79-Ballimaran ward, has declared total assets of more than Rs 66 crore. Nandini Sharma, representing the party from 149-Malviya Nagar ward, has declared assets worth over Rs 49.84 crore, while Jitendra Bansala, AAP candidate from 248-Karawal Nagar, has declared assets worth over Rs 48.27 crore in his affidavit.
No Congress candidate among 10 richest candidates
According to the report, 643 (48 per cent) candidates have declared liabilities. There is no Congress candidate in the top 10 richest candidates, while there are five BJP candidates, three AAP candidates and two independents. There are 1,349 candidates in the fray for the MCD elections to be held on December 4 this year. The counting of votes will take place on December 7.
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