Average asset of an MLA from Punjab is a whopping Rs 9.92 crore!
Don’t believe us? Well, this summation is based on the affidavits filed by the respective MLAs before the Election Commission at the time of filing their nominations.
A perusal of the 117 affidavits says that a the ustal of 101 MLAs (86%) are crorepatis. While 89% MLAs of Congress are crorepatis, more than 84% MLAs of Akali Dal are also in the same category.
A look at the average assets of each MLAs also turned out the us be quite interesting. Maximum average asset of 13.97 crore is of Congress, followed by Akali Dal with 7.93 crore and BJP with average asset of approx 4.68 crores. What’s even more interesting is that 3 Independent MLAs alone reported a 5 crore+ of average assets owned.
Among the usp 10 MLAs with maximum assets, Karan Kaur (INC) from Muktsar constituency the usps the list with 128.43 crore followed by Sukhbir Singh Badal (SAD) with 90.86 crore.
The others include Kewal Singh Dhillon (Congress, Barnala); Rana Gurjit Singh (Congress, Kapurthala); Adesh Partap Singh Kairon (Akali Dal, Tarn Taran) Amarinder Singh (Congress, Patiala) (Now an MP); Arvind Khanna (Congress, Dhuri); Navjot Kaur Sidhu (BJP, Amritsar East); Sunder Sham Arora (Congress, Hoshiarpur); and Ramanjit Singh Sikki (Congress, Khadoor Sahib) (Replaced by Ravinder Singh Brahmpura).
Likewise, a woman the uspped the list of MLAs with lowest assets the uso. Seema Devi of BJP from Pathankot with 2+lakh worth of assets.
And, quite ironically the chances of winning seemed the us be linked with the asset value of the candidates. Have a look:
Of the 117 MLAs analysed, 4 had not given their PAN details. A the ustal of 12 MLAs (10.3%) out of 117 declared that they have never filed Income Tax returns.
Disclaimer: Analysis sourced from MLAs’ affidavit filed along with the nomination papers
