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'Nitish richer than Laloo'

PATNA, APRIL 5 . Railway Minister Nitish Kumar is richer than RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav, according to the affidavits filed by both the leaders along with their nomination papers for the coming Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.

Mr Kumar has assets to the tune of Rs 22.94 lakhs in his name, while Mr Yadav owned assets totalling Rs 20.8 lakhs. The valuation of immovable properties of Mr Kumar (22.65 lakhs) is more than that of Mr Yadav (16 lakhs).

According to the affidavit, Mr Yadav has several cases pending against him related to economic offences and amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. The affidavit mentions that court has taken cognizance in seven cases of the multi-crore fodder scam case. Mr Yadav has seven SLPs and the court has taken cognisance in some of them.

On the other hand, Mr Kumar maintains a clean image with no criminal or civil case against him. He has no debt on him.

If the properties of the family members, including wife and kids, of both Mr Yadav and Mr Kumar were considered, Mr Yadav has total movable and immovable assets worth Rs 80.8 lakhs in the name of his wife and kids, while Mr Kumar has assets to the tune of Rs 33.3 lakhs in the name of his wife and son.

According to the affidavit, wife of Mr Yadav and Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi owns assets worth Rs 39.02 lakhs in which she has land and house worth Rs 21 lakhs. She has a bank balance of Rs 7.78 lakhs, National Saving Certificate of Rs 2 lakhs and jewellery worth Rs 2.6 lakhs.

On the other hand, Manju Kumari Sinha, wife of Mr Kumar, owns movable and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 10.36 lakhs in her name in which she has a bank balance of Rs 5.1 lakhs. Nitish's wife possesses jewellery worth Rs 3.02 lakhs. She has purchased Kisan Vikas Patra of Rs 1 lakh and NSC of Rs 80,000.

Nishant, son of Mr Kumar, has Rs 70,742 in UCO bank Mesra branch in Ranchi.

Compared to Mr Kumar, Mr Yadav has amassed more assets for his kids. Daughters of Mr Yadav possess bank balance and properties to the tune of Rs 10.2 lakhs while his sons have assets up to Rs 10.8 lakhs.

Mr Yadav owns a house worth Rs 16 lakhs whereas Mr Kumar owns a flat in New Delhi priced at Rs 1.2 lakhs and an ancestral house to the tune of Rs 9 lakhs.

-- UNI

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