New Delhi sources reported that 87% of the candidates contesting the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections are crorepatis with JD(U)'s Mahendra Prasad has the highest assets worth Rs 4,078 crore, says a release by election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). According to sources the other top candidates with the highest assets are actor-turned politician Jaya Bachchan of Samajwadi Party with over Rs 1,001 crore, BM Farooq of JD (S) with over Rs 766 crore, Abhishek Manu Singhvi of Congress with 649 crore, CM Ramesh of TDP with Rs 258 crore.
Meanwhile Jaya Bachchan, who is contesting from Uttar Pradesh, has a declared liability of over Rs 105.64 crore, while Singhvi has over Rs 98 crore liability, Farooq over Rs 97 crore and Ramesh over Rs 39 crore. Moreover Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, who is contesting from Andhra Pradesh, with total declared assets of over Rs 230 crore, has liabilities of over Rs 96 crore.
The release stated that among the party-wise crorepati candidates, 26 out
of 29 candidates from the BJP, 10 out of 11 candidates from Congress, 3 out of
4 candidates from AITC, 3 candidates from TRS, two candidates from JD(U) and a
candidate from Samajwadi Party have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore.
Furthermore none of the candidates have declared their age below 42 years with
38 (60%) candidates under the age group of 42 to 60 years, while 25 (40%)
candidates declared their age between 61 to 80 years.
