Jaya Bachchan, the first lady of Bollywood, and Samajwadi Party leader, has emerged the richest candidate among all who filed nominations for the March 23 Rajya Sabha polls in India. She has declared assets worth Rs 1,000 crore.
Jaya, who recently filed her nomination as an SP candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, had declared assets worth Rs 493 crore in 2012.
According to her affidavit, Jaya and her husband Amitabh have immovable assets worth more than Rs 460 crore, which is over twice of the Rs 152 crore they owned in 2012. The value of their movable assets too rose from around Rs 343 crore in 2012 to around Rs 540 crore.
The affidavit showed that the couple owned gold and jewellery worth over Rs 62 crore. Of that, Amitabh owns jewellery worth more than Rs 36 crore. The Bachchans also own 12 vehicles between them, which are worth over Rs 13 crore. These include a Rolls-Royce, three Mercedes, a Porsche and a Range Rover. Amitabh also owns a Tata Nano and a tractor.
Amitabh and Jaya own watches worth around Rs 3.4 crore and Rs 51 lakh, respectively. The former possesses a pen worth over Rs 9 lakh. The Bachchans also own a 3,175 sqm residential property in Brignogan Plage in France. In addition, they have properties in Noida, Bhopal, Pune, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
Jaya owns a 1.22 hectare agricultural plot worth Rs 2.2 crore in Kakori area of Lucknow. Likewise, Amitabh owns a 3 acre plot worth Rs 5.7 crore in Daulatpur area of Barabanki district.
Richest from Karnataka
Among the five Rajya Sabha candidates from Karnataka, JD(S) chief general secretary BM Farookh is the richest with total assets of over Rs 778 crores.
As per the affidavit of assets and liabilities filed by Farookh along with his nomination papers filed on Friday for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, his movable assets are worth Rs 87.27 crore; his immovable assets are valued at Rs 591.3 crore. He has declared that his wife's movable assets are worth Rs 9.11 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 91.23 crore.
In 2016, when Farookh contested and lost Rajya Sabha polls for the first time, his total assets were valued at around Rs 750.2 crore.
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and Master of Business Administration degrees. He is the CMO of Fiza Developers and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd.
Farookh possess automobiles including cars, aircrafts, yachts and ships. While he owns jewellery/bullion worth Rs 1.64 crore; his wife owns jewellery/bullion worth Rs 2.12 crore. He has declared other assets worth Rs 2.57 crore. His liabilities stand at Rs 121.46 crore.
Other candidates from Karnataka
Two-time Independent member of the Rajya Sabha and contesting on BJP ticket in this election, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, whose interests span aviation and the media, among other sectors, has declared total assets of Rs 65.8 crore, which includes assets owned in the name of his wife and two children. Mr. Chandrasekhar earned Rs 28 crore during financial year 2016-17. His family’s liability is around Rs 1.22 crore.
The third candidate of the Congress, G.C. Chandrashekar, has declared total assets worth Rs 14.07 crore, with a large part of it coming from his wife, who has inherited immovable property. His family has no liability.
Mr. Hussain, 47, who hails from Ballari, has family assets worth Rs 1.88 crore and liabilities of Rs 5.76 lakh. Mr. Hussain’s wife Mehnaz Ansari works as Country Representative-South Asia of United States Trade and Development Agency at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. Congress candidate and writer/Dalit activist L. Hanumanthaiah’s family owns assets worth Rs 8.4 crore with a liability of Rs 2.8 crore. His pension is part of his income.
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