Karnail Singh is the richest candidate in the fray for Delhi Assembly polls.
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New Delhi: Five of the 699 candidates in Delhi are billionaires while 23 of them have serious criminal cases against them.
The richest among the candidates is Karnail Singh, who is fighting on a BJP ticket from Shakur Basti. He has declared assets worth Rs 259.67 crore. Incidentally, three candidates have declared zero assets.
Money and Muscle Power in Delhi Assembly Polls
(Figures given in brackets are those of 2020)
Total Candidates: 699 (672)
Women: 96 (79)
Crime and Candidates
With Serious Cases: 81 (104)
Murder: 2
Attempt to Murder: 5
Crime Against Women: 13
Party and Candidates with Serious Cases
AAP: 29
Congress: 13
BJP: 9
Red Alert Constituencies with three or more candidates with criminal cases: 16
Money and Candidates
Billionaires (Rs 100 crore and above): 5
Karnail Singh -- Shakur Basti -- BJP -- 259.67 crore
Manjinder Singh Sirsa -- Rajouri Garden -- BJP -- Rs 248.85 crore
Gurcharan Singh -- Krishna Nagar -- Congress -- Rs 130.90 crore
Parvesh Verma -- New Delhi -- BJP -- Rs 115.63 crore
A Dhanwati Chandela -- Rajouri Garden -- AAP -- Rs 109.90 crore
BJP: 3
AAP: 1
Cong: 1
With assets worth Rs 50 crore or more: 23 (13)
BJP: 8
Cong: 7
AAP: 6
Ind: 2
Candidates who declared Zero Assets: 3
Shabana -- Seelampur -- Rashtriya Republican Party
Yogesh Kumar -- Matiala -- Ind
Mohinder Singh -- Matiala -- Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party
Poorest
Ashok Kumar -- Ambedkar Nagar -- Ind -- Rs 6,586
Anita -- New Delhi -- Ind -- Rs 9,500
Khilkhilakar -- Mangol Puri -- Bahujan Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samta Party -- Rs 10,000
Average assets of Candidates: Rs 5.65 crore
BJP: Rs 22.90 crore
Congress: Rs 14.41 crore
AAP: Rs 11.70 crore
Education
324: Between Class 5 and 12
322: Graduate or above
18: Diploma
6: Just literate
29: Illiterates
Age
196: 25-40 years
394: 41-60 years
160: 61-80 years
3: Above 80 years
(Source: Association for Democratic Rights)
Delhi Assembly Election 2025 | The first of two state assembly polls this year sees a three-way contest between AAP, Congress, and BJP in the nation's capital. AAP decided to contest the polls alone, causing rumours of a rift in I.N.D.I.A. BJP, meanwhile, is hoping the liquor excise policy scam and pollution in Delhi will give the saffron party an edge over AAP. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has different plans with his demand for reservations for Delhi Jats. Congress will also be looking to make its presence felt and has not held back from attacking its own alliance partner. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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