CHHATTISGARH MLAs RAKE IN THE MOOLAH
With the assembly election underway in Chhattisgarh, a study shows that the MLAs who are re-contesting have seen their assets rise by an average of ~13.7 million or 13 per cent in the five years since they won last polls
Citing the election affidavit soft he 69 re con testing M LA sin the Ch hat tis ga rh polls, the Association for Democratic Reform( A DR) said their declared average assets had risen to ~122.9 million from ~109.2million, declared in 2013.
Giving party-wise details, the ADR study said the average assets of the 34 re-con testing M LA soft he B ha ra ti ya Janata Party (BJP) had almost doubled to ~40 million. The average assets of the 30
re-con testing M LA soft he Congress are much higher at ~210 million, though the figure has remained almost unchanged from the 2013 levels.
In the case of Aj it Jog i’ s Jan ta Congress Chhattisgarh (J), there are three candidates who had won the 2013 elections. Their average assets have risen by nearly 11 percent to ~50 million, the election-focused rights group said.
The Bahujan Samaj Party’s lone re contesting M LA saw arise of 94 percent
in the average assets to ~30 million, while the same forth el one Independent M LA has gone up by 21 percent to ~80 million, according to the study. The assets taken into account include salary, rental income, agriculture income, as also income from business and investment soft he candidate as well as that of the spouse, the ADR study showed.