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Delhi assembly election 2020: AAP`s Mundka candidate Dharampal Lakra richest with assets worth Rs 292 crore
AAP`s incumbent MLA from RK Puram Pramila Tokas has declared assets of Rs 80 crore whereas Hari Nagar candidate Rajkumari Dhillon`s declared assets worth over Rs 51 crore.
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party candidates figure in the list of some of the richest in the fray for the Delhi Assembly election 2020, with its Mundka nominee Dharampal Lakra declaring assets of over Rs 292 crore, as per the affidavits filed before the election comission.
Other candidates in the list are AAP's incumbent MLA from RK Puram Pramila Tokas, who will again contest from the same seat, with declared assets of Rs 80 crore.
AAP's Hari Nagar candidate Rajkumari Dhillon's declared assets are worth over Rs 51 crore.
Dhanwati Chandela, AAP candidate from Rajouri Garden, also has declared assets of close to Rs 55 crore.
The movable assets of Lakra amount to over Rs 3.24 crore and his wife's amount to over Rs 13.57 lakh. His immovable assets are worth Rs 243 crore and his wife's Rs 45 crore, taking the total worth of the assets to Rs 292 crore.
Chandela has movable assets worth over Rs 1.76 crore, while her husband's assets amount to Rs 2.04 crore. The candidate has declared immovable assets worth Rs 2.5 crore while her husband owns Rs 50.60 crore worth of immovable assets. The husband and wife have said they are 'agriculturists'.She owns gold worth Rs 1.64 crore, as part of her movable assets, while her husband owns bullion worth Rs 74.60 lakh.
AAP's Hari Nagar candidate Dhillon has declared movable assets worth over Rs 1.12 crore while her husband owns assets worth Rs 25.67 crore and gold worth over Rs 33 lakh together.
Dhillon owns immovable assets worth Rs 4.8 crore while husband has Rs 16.48 crore. The husband has tax liabilities amounting to over Rs 52 lakh.
Tokas, contesting from RK Puram, has declared movable assets worth more than Rs 2.32 crore. Her spouse has movable assets worth Rs 13.80 crore. She owns properties worth Rs 23.52 crore while her husband has assets worth Rs 41.17 crore. Tokas has liabilities worth Rs 4.10 crore and her husband has worth over Rs 7.64 crore.
Among the Congress candidates, Priyanka Singh, daughter of former Delhi Speaker Yoganand Shastri's daughter, has assets, including her husband's, worth Rs 70 crore.
Singh is contesting against Tokas from R K Puram seat in central Delhi.
BJP's Shahdara candidate has assets worth Rs 44.22 crore. This also includes movable and immovable assets of his wife.The saffron party's Tilak Nagar candidate has assets worth Rs 17 crore, including his wife's.
Delhi is going to polls on February 8 as the tenure of the AAP government comes to an end in February. The result will be announced on February 11. The nomination process for the coming Delhi Assembly elections started on January 14. The last date of filing nomination is January 21. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on January 22. The last date for the withdrawal of candidature is January 24.