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Mulayam declares assets worth over Rs. 2.25 crore

He files the affidavit with his nominations from Bhartana constituency

Etawah (UP): Samajwadi Party chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh, who is facing a CBI probe into his assets, declared cash and property worth over Rs. 2.25 crore in an affidavit filed with his nomination papers from Bhartana assembly constituency.

Mr. Singh's affidavit filed with the returning officer stated that he had Rs. 35,51,926.65 in eight bank accounts and that he owned 14.63 acres of agricultural land worth Rs. 26,57,165 at his ancestral village of Saifai.

The Supreme Court had on March 1 ordered the CBI to conduct an enquiry into a charge that Mr. Singh and his family have amassed assets disproportionate to their legal sources of income. The order was issued in response to a public interest litigation filed by Congress leader Vishwanath Chaturvedi.

Mr. Singh's affidavit also stated that he owned a residential plot in the posh Friends Colony in Etawah and a bungalow at Civil Lines here worth Rs. 33,59,757.

It said he owned furniture and electronic items worth over Rs.6 lakh and a tube well boring valued at over Rs. 2 lakh. The affidavit said Mr. Singh's wife Sadhna has cash worth over Rs. 15 lakh in six bank accounts. She owns two vehicles, including a Toyota valued at over Rs. 17 lakh, and jewellery worth over Rs. 77 lakh. Ms. Sadhna also owns two residential plots in the posh Gomti Nagar area in Lucknow valued at over Rs. 11 lakh. — PTI

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