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Shatrughan Sinha’s wife is the richest candidate in Phase 5


30 April 2019  

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NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha’s wife Poonam Sinha is the richest candidate in the fifth phase of India’s Lok Sabha polls.

According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Poonam Sinha of Samajwadi Party is the richest candidate with declared assets worth Rs 193 crore. Sinha is She is contesting from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Out of the total 184 candidates in the fray with assets worth Rs. 1 crore and more in this phase, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the most “richest” candidates contesting in this phase.

Vijay Kumar Mishra with Rs 177 crore assets is second richest. He is Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia) candidate from Sitapur while Jayant Singh of the BJP is third on the list with declared assets worth Rs 77 crore. He is a candidate from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.

Jayant Sinha has the highest self income shown by a candidate in ITR in the last financial year. He has shown an income of Rs 35 lakhs from salary, house property income, capital gains and interest dividend. Shyama Charan Gupta of the Samajwadi Party, a candidate from Banda has shown annual income of Rs 4 crore from salary and business. Dr Jyoti Mirdha has third highest income in the list with Rs 3 lakh. (Agencies)

Publish Date : 30 April 2019 15:24 PM

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