New Delhi: Twenty-nine of the 30 incumbent chief ministers are crorepatis with Andhra Pradesh’s Jagan Mohan Reddy having the very best property totalling Rs 510 crore, in line with ballot affidavits analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the bottom whole property of about Rs 15 lakh, the ADR mentioned.
The ADR and Election Watch (NEW) mentioned they’ve arrived at this conclusion after analysing the self-sworn ballot affidavits of all of the 30 present chief ministers of states and union territories. There are 28 state chief ministers and two union territories — Delhi and Puducherry — even have chief ministers. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir doesn’t have a chief minister at present.
Out of the 30 CMs analysed, 29 (97 per cent) are crorepatis with the common property being Rs 33.96 crore for each CM, the ADR mentioned. (*29*) to the ADR report, out of the 30 CMs, 13 (43 per cent) have declared critical prison circumstances together with these associated to homicide, try and homicide, kidnapping, and prison intimidation.
Serious prison circumstances are non-bailable offences with over 5 years of imprisonment, the report mentioned. The high three chief ministers when it comes to property are Andhra Pradesh’s Jagan Mohan Reddy (over Rs 510 crore), Arunachal Pradesh’s Pema Khandu (over Rs 163 crore), and Odisha’s Naveen Patnaik (over Rs 63 crore), in line with the ADR.
The three CMs with the bottom declared property are West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee (over Rs 15 lakh), Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan (over Rs 1 crore), and Haryana’s Manohar Lal (over Rs 1 crore), the ADR mentioned. Both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal personal property value over Rs 3 crore, the report mentioned.
