Assam: Election Commission of India (ECI) released a survey of the net assets and wealth of the Indian Chief Ministers, According to the leading media house ‘The Print‘. According to the Print Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is the richest Chief Minister in India, while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the fewest net assets.
On the other hand, Assam’s Chief Minister emerged as the ‘poorest’ CM as he has only assets of 1 crore. Himanta Biswa Sarma of Assam is the country’s most educated chief minister, and eight of the country’s chief ministers own firearms.
Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the Assam Chief Minister’s wife, is listed as the “chairman-cum-managing director” of the Pride East Entertainment Pvt Ltd media company, with assets worth Rs 11 crore to her husband’s Rs 1 crore.
These are some of the findings from ThePrint’s examination of the country’s 30 chief ministers’ most recent election affidavits.
The analysis also revealed some intriguing information. For example, Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma is the country’s most educated chief minister, and eight CMs own firearms.
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These and other facts emerged during ThePrint’s examination of the country’s 30 chief ministers’ most recent election affidavits.
- Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Reddy at Rs 370 crore.
- Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu at Rs 132 crore.
- Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan at Rs 73 lakh.
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at Rs 56 lakh.
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at Rs 15 lakh.
- Sikkim CM Tamang owns a bore revolver worth Rs 3 lakh.
- Maharashtra’s Eknath Shinde owns a revolver and a pistol that together cost Rs 5 lakh.
- Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath is the only other chief minister to list two weapons — a revolver and a rifle.
- Jharkhand’s Soren and Uttarakhand’s Dhami also own weapons.
- Manipur’s Biren Singh owns a pistol worth Rs 1.75 lakh
- Punjab’s Mann owns a gun worth Rs 20,000
- Madhya Pradesh’s Chouhan owns a revolver worth Rs 5,500.
Election Commission of India (ECI) released a survey of the net assets and wealth of the Indian Chief Ministers, ‘The Print’ reported.
CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy bags the title of richest CM in India at ₹373.8 crores, while WB CM has the least net assets at ₹15 lakhs. pic.twitter.com/OEpuywAHmh
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