Kamal Nath is among the many three richest lawmakers in the state. (PTI)
The Congress, which had received 114 seats in 2018 in the state, was decreased to 66 seats, whereas new entrant Bharat Adivasi Party managed to win in one constituency
As many as 205 of the 230 newly elected MLAs in Madhya Pradesh are crorepatis with state Congress president Kamal Nath figuring among the many three richest lawmakers with greater than Rs 134 crore price of property.
The common property of the MLAs stood at Rs 11.77 crore. Newly elected BJP MLA from Ratlam City, Chaitanya Kashyap, tops the record with declared property price Rs 296 crore, whereas his occasion colleague Sanjay Satyendra Pathak (Vijayraghavgarh) was on the second spot with Rs 242 crore property, in accordance an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report.
It stated the quantity of MLAs possessing property price greater than Rs 1 crore elevated to 205 in 2023 from 187 in 2018. Of these crorepati MLAs, 144 are from the BJP and 61 from the Congress. The BJP swept the Madhya Pradesh meeting polls, successful 163 seats, rising its tally from 109 in 2018.
The Congress, which had received 114 seats in 2018 in the state, was decreased to 66 seats, whereas new entrant Bharat Adivasi Party managed to win in one constituency.
The successful candidate of the Bharat Adivasi Party, Kamlesh Dodiyar, leads among the many newly elected MLAs with lowest property. Dodiyar has declared property price Rs 18 lakh.
Two different candidates with lowest property included BJP’s Santosh Varkade (Sihora) with property price Rs 25 lakh and his occasion colleague Kanchan Mukesh Tanve (Khandwa) with property totalling Rs 26 lakh, stated the report.
Among the candidates having highest liabilities, BJP’s former minister Surendra Patwa (Bhojpur) is main with debt of Rs 57 crore, Dinesh Jain (Mahidpur) of the Congress was in second place with Rs 30 crore and BJP’s Bhupendra Singh (Khurai) on third with Rs 23 crore, stated the ADR.
The report stated of the 205 crorepatis, 102 MLAs have declared property of Rs 5 crore and above. As many as 71 legislators have declared property between Rs 2 crore and Rs 5 crore. Also, 48 legislators have declared property between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 2 crores whereas 9 of the elected MLAs personal property decrease than Rs 50 lakh.
The common property of the newly elected MLAs stood at Rs 11.77 crore, up from Rs 10.17 crore in 2018, stated the report.
