New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is richer than his opponent and the BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi. Kejriwal and his wife together have close to Rs 64 lakh worth more assets than Narendra Modi. They are taking on each other in Varanasi.
Even though Narendra Modi's affidavit submitted before the Returning Officer (RO) of Varanasi on Thursday is not yet available, in the affidavit he filed before the Returning Officer at Vadodara, Modi has declared assets worth just Rs 1.5 crore. It is unlikely to go up in just two weeks.
Arvind Kejriwal has declared assets worth Rs 2.14 crore. Kejriwal's assets also include his wife and Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sunita's assets.
Surprisingly Modi has disclosed that he is married to Jasodaben in his affidavit. But, her asset details are not available. Since she is a retired primary school teacher, her assets would be less.
According his affidavit Narendra Modi declared his movable assets at Rs 51, 57,582 which include cash in banks and fixed deposits, cash in hand at Rs. 29,700 and valuation of four rings at Rs 1.35 lakh.
But, he doesn't own any vehicle and has not bought any jewellery in the last two years. He owns a residential house in Gandhinagar, worth around Rs 1 crore and does not own any other property or land besides this house, the declaration says.
Modi's IT return for the financial year 2012-13 claims that his annual income was just Rs 4, 54,094. According another affidavit filed in 2012, Modi's income stood at just Rs 1, 50,630 for financial year 2011-12. The total assets declared by him in 2012 stood at Rs. 1.33 crore and he had cash of Rs 4,700 in hand then. His s movable assets as per his 2012 affidavit stood at Rs 33, 42,842.
According to PTI, in the 2014 declaration, Modi added more than Rs 18 lakh in his financial investments, such as cash in bank, fixed deposits and saving schemes, in the last two years.
MODI DECLARES NO CASE, KEJRIWAL DECLARES 6 AGAINST HIM
In his affidavit filed along with nomination papers for the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi constituency, the AAP founder mentions six cases which are pending against him in various courts.
Kejriwal owns two flats - one at Indirapuram, Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and another at Shivani in Haryana. He claims that his flat at Indirapuram is worth Rs 55 lakh and the flat at Shivani is worth Rs. 37 lakh.
Kejriwal's wife Sunita owns a 2,244 sq feet flat in Gurgaon worth Rs 1 crore. Kejriwal has also declared movable assets worth Rs. 4, 25,085 and his wife has a total of Rs 17,41,583, including 300 gm of gold worth Rs 9 lakh in today's market. Kejriwal has mentioned cash Rs 15,000 in hand and his wife has Rs 10,000 in cash.
Like Modi, Kejriwal has also declared 'nil' liability in the affidavit filed today. But his wife has a total liability of Rs 41 lakh which includes Rs 30 lakh home loan from State Bank of India and Rs 11 lakh loan from relatives.
Kejriwal has declared a total income in 2012-13 at Rs 2,05,600 and his wife's income in that period was Rs 9,84,570.
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