Congress chief D Ok Shivakumar mentioned he’s not the richest, however he is not poor both. (File)

Bengaluru:

The richest MLA within the nation has property price over Rs 1,400 crore whereas an MLA from West Bengal doesn’t have even Rs 2,000 to his title, a report by an advocacy group has revealed. 

D Ok Shivakumar, who turned Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister after the Congress’ resounding victory within the state Assembly elections in May, has property price Rs 1,413 crore and the following two richest MLAs are additionally from the state, in line with the report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Second on ADR’s listing of richest MLAs is KH Puttaswamy Gowda, an unbiased MLA who has property price Rs 1,267 crore. He is adopted by Priya Krishna of the Congress, who has Rs 1,156 crore.

Asked about his property, Mr Shivakumar mentioned he’s not the richest, however he’s not poor both. “I am not the richest. These are assets that I have acquired over a long period. My money is in the name of an individual, and I have kept it that way. I am not the richest, and I’m not poor.”

Four of the richest MLAs within the high ten are from the Congress and three are from the BJP, triggering an alternate of barbs between the events. 

MLA Rizwan Arshad of the Congress mentioned, “People like Mr Shivakumar are businessmen. And what’s wrong with that? Look at BJP MLAs too, especially those accused of mining scams.”

The BJP hit again and mentioned that the Congress loves wealthy folks. “Justice has been delivered to those in our party who were involved in mining scams. The Congress loves rich people,” mentioned senior Karnataka BJP chief Suresh Kumar. 

Number 23 on the richest MLAs’ listing is mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, who was a part of the BJP and had floated his personal celebration final 12 months. Most of his property are reportedly within the title of his spouse Aruna Lakshmi, who had contested the Karnataka Assembly elections below the banner of the brand new celebration, Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha.

On the opposite finish of the spectrum is Nirmal Kumar Dhara, a BJP MLA from West Bengal, whose whole declared property are simply Rs 1,700. He is adopted by an Independent MLA from Odisha, Makaranda Muduli, who has Rs 15,000 and Narinder Pal Singh Sawna of the AAP from Punjab, whose property are price 18,370. 

Of the nation’s 20 richest MLAs, 12 are from Karnataka. At 14%, the state additionally has the very best share of MLAs which might be billionaires and have property price a minimum of Rs 100 crore. The state which is second on that listing is Arunachal Pradesh, 4 of whose 59 MLAs are billionaires, giving it a share of seven.