Affidavits show candidates of major parties in Sivaganga are crorepatis
Affidavits filed before the Returning Officer at Sivaganga Parliamentary constituency reveal that candidates of all three major parties the Congress, BJP and the AIADMK are crorepatis.
Karti Chidambaram
Congress candidate Karti P. Chidambaram, 52, the sitting MP, is contesting once again from Sivaganga, He has declared in his affidavit that assets owned by him and spouse Srinidhi put together are worth ₹96 crore. While he owns 40 grams of gold, his wife owns 1,727.846 grams. Mr. Karti and his wife also have 94.14 acres of land in Coorg. The candidate also has a loan of ₹12.32 crore and his spouse has shown ₹11.16 crore in liabilities.
The affidavit shows he has 11 criminal cases against him, including those under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Mr. Karti has a degree in BBA from Texas, USA and BA (Law) from Cambridge University, U.K.
Devanathan Yadav
T. Devanathan Yadav, 62, the BJP’s candidate, is a resident of T. Nagar, Chennai and is a businessman. Along with his spouse Meenakshi Yadav and two daughters, the family has assets to the tune of a little over ₹300 crore. Mr. Yadav has a PhD in behavioural Sciences obtained in the USA in 2007.
He has two criminal cases pending against him. Mr. Yadav has 452 grams of gold and 45 kg of silver, while his spouse has 890 grams of gold, 32 kg of silver and diamond jewellery worth ₹40 lakh.
His daughters possess 3135.40 grams of gold each, ₹2 crore worth diamonds each and 36.125 kg silver each.
The affidavit also reveals that Mr. Yadav has liabilities amounting to ₹91.48 crore along with a loan of ₹6.82 crore in his wife’s name. The family also has immovable assets in many cities in Tamil Nadu.
◣avier Dass
A. ◣avier Dass, the AIADMK’s candidate, has assets to the tune of ₹6.66 crore and 800 grams of gold. His spouse possesses 1,600 grams of gold. Mr. Dass has a loan of ₹43.76 lakh
Mr. Dass had said, after filing his nomination papers the day before, that the nonperformance of the sitting MP, Mr. Karti Chidambaram, will tilt the results in his favour in this election.