MEET DELHI'S RICHEST CANDIDATE IN LOK SABHA ELECTIONS WITH CRORES IN ASSETS - CHECK FULL LIST

53-year-old Manoj Tiwari is the wealthiest among the notable Lok Sabha election contenders in Delhi, possessing assets valued at Rs 28.05 crore. The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate who is running for the election from North East Delhi for the third consecutive term, disclosed an income of Rs 46.25 lakh in his income-tax filings for 2022-23. He specified singing, acting, and his role as a Member of Parliament as his sources of income. Here is the full list of candidates in Delhi and their assets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the national capital scheduled to take place on May 25 in the sixth phase of the seven-phase polling and the counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.

Wealthiest Candidates in Fray for Lok Sabha Seats in Delhi

1) Manoj Tiwari, BJP - Assets Over Rs 28 Crore

2) Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, aged 71, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from South Delhi, is on the second spot with assets worth Rs 21.08 crore. According to his income-tax returns for 2022-23, Bidhuri has an annual income of Rs 14.93 lakh.

3) Mahabal Mishra (69), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from West Delhi. He has declared assets worth Rs 19.93 crore. Mishra's highest qualification is pre-university certificate from the LS College in Bihar's Muzaffarpur that he obtained in 1971.

4) Oxford University-returned lawyer Bansuri Swaraj (40), daughter of former external affairs minister late Sushma Swaraj, with assets worth Rs 19 crore, occupies the fourth spot. Swaraj, who is making her poll debut from the New Delhi seat, owns two vehicles, including a high-end Mercedes Benz car bought in 2023, according to her self-sworn affidavit. She possesses one-sixth of a joint property in Haryana's Palwal valued at Rs 99.34 lakh and three flats in posh areas of Delhi -- two at Jantar Mantar and one at Hailey Road. In her election affidavit, Swaraj has revealed her income at Rs 68.28 lakh, as mentioned in her income-tax returns filed for 2022-23. Swaraj earned her Barrister-at-Law degree from Inns of Inner Temple, London in 2007 and completed Master of Studies from St Catherines's College, University of Oxford in 2009.

5) Former AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand, who is now with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) occupies fifth spot in wealthiest candidates list. Anand owns assets worth Rs 17.87 crore. Anand is the BSP candidate from the high-profile New Delhi seat. He has declared in his poll affidavit that he has vehicles worth Rs 51 lakh, including that of his wife.

Oher Candidates in Fray and their Assets

Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar from North East Delhi has assets worth Rs 10.65 lakh. He holds a PhD that he completed in 2019 from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

BJP's Kamaljeet Sehrawat from the West Delhi seat has declared movable assets worth Rs 1.3 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 27.6 lakh. She holds a master's degree in commerce from the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla. Praveen Khandelwal (64), the BJP's Chandni Chowk candidate, has declared assets worth Rs 6.62 crore. According to his income-tax returns for 2022-23, he had an income of Rs 4.56 lakh. He completed his graduation from the Delhi University's (DU) Ramjas College.

Udit Raj (66), the Congress candidate from North West Delhi, completed his MA from the Osmania University in 1988 and LLB from the MMH College, CCS University, Meerut in 1995. He received an honorary doctorate from the Bible College and Seminary in Rajasthan's Kota in 2003. Raj has shown an income of about Rs 1 crore in his 2022-23 income-tax returns. He has movable assets worth Rs 5.54 crore.

(PTI Inputs)

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