Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 28
An analysis of the Election Commission data done by National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed that on an average, assets of Lok Sabha members re-elected in 2014 and also those who won by-elections till 2018 grew by Rs 7.81 crore from 2009 — a growth of 142 per cent.
The financial details of 153 re-elected MPs were taken from the affidavits filed by them in 2014 and their asset values have been compared to the corresponding values of the assets that they declared in 2009. As per the analysis, the average assets of these 153 re-elected MPs in 2009 was Rs 5.50 crore, while the amount increased to Rs 13.32 crore in 2014.
Shatrughan Sinha of the BJP from Patna Sahib, Bihar, has declared the maximum increase in assets of Rs 116.73 crore, according to the analysis. The assets of BJD’s Pinaki Mishra from Puri, Odisha, have increased by Rs 107.40 crore. Assets of NCP’s Supriya Sule from Baramati, Maharashtra, have risen by Rs 62.37 crore.
Top gainers in percentage terms are ET Mohammed Basheer of the IUML (2,018 per cent rise), Sisir Kumar Adhikari of the TMC (1,700 per cent rise), and P Venugopal of the AIADMK (1,281 per cent rise).
The assets of 72 re-elected BJP MPs have shown an average increase of Rs 7.54 crore and 28 re-elected Congress MPs have shown an average increase of Rs 6.35 crore.
Some MPs also reported a decline in assets, led by P Karunakaran of the CPM whose assets plunged by 67 per cent in these five years. Jagdambika Pal of the BJP saw his assets shrink by 64 per cent. They were followed by Arjun Charan Sethi of BJD (-39 per cent), Om Prakash Yadav of BJP (-27 per cent), KV Thomas of Congress (-21 per cent) and Ninong Ering of Congress (-16 per cent).
National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms say this data has been presented in good faith, with an intention to inform voters. MPs affidavits obtained from the EC website with nomination papers and the same are the sources for this analysis, they added.
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