Nearly one in four candidates contesting in the sixth phase in West Bengal are crorepatis
The Hindu
Out of the 79 candidates contesting in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha election in West Bengal, 21 candidates have assets valued at more than ₹1 crore, data compiled by the non-profit ADR shows.
Out of the 79 candidates contesting in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha election in West Bengal, 21 candidates have assets valued at more than ₹1 crore, data compiled by the non-profit Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows. Seven of the crorepati candidates are with the BJP, six of them are with the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and two of them are candidates of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
According to affidavits filed before the Election Commission of India (ECI), whereas nearly one in three candidates in the sixth phase is a self-declared crorepati, this phase also includes candidates with some of the lowest asset valuations declared across all the phases of the general election in West Bengal.
Eight key constituencies — Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, and Bishnupur — spread across five districts in south-eastern Bengal are scheduled to go to the polls on May 25.
The richest candidate in the sixth phase is the TMC’s candidate in Ghatal, the Bengali actor-turned-politician and two-time MP Dev (Deepak Adhikari). He is contesting against actor-turned-politician and BJP nominee Hiran Chatterjee.
The second-richest candidate in this phase is the Trinamool’s candidate from Bankura, Arup Chakraborty, who has declared assets worth ₹17 crore.
Urbasi Banerjee, who has been fielded by the Congress in the Kanthi constituency, stands third with a net worth of approximately ₹6 crore.
Candidates contesting in the sixth phase also include actor June Maliah of the Trinamool, and fashion designer Agnimitra Paul of the BJP, who face-off in the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency.
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