Former Assam CM owns no car

According to the affidavit filed in the Nagaon Deputy Commissioner’s court, Mahanta who is contesting from the  assembly constituencies of Bahrampur and Samuguri has declared that his total movable assets are worth Rs 19,17,947.

Stating that he owns no vehicle, the former chief minister declared that the value of his plot of land was Rs 10 lakh and he has Rs 11,117 in cash. In the affidavit filed, Mahanta said the market price of his assets currently was worth Rs 12,10,000 while he has UTI bonds worth Rs 25,200 and NSC postal savings amounting to Rs 10,3358 and jewellery and gold worth Rs 87,500.

The 53- year-old former chief minister has stated that his loans from bank stands at Rs 29,998. In contrast, his wife and former MP Jayashree Goswami Mahanta is richer than him as she owns an ambassador car worth Rs 97,650.

The wife of the former chief minister has a total cash in hand of Rs 1,23,531 and a land property in the Kharguli area of Guwahati valued Rs 42,05,000. According to the affidavit, her movable assets stand at Rs 1,37,84,276 and the total market value at present of her assets are Rs 2,67,50,000.

While her movable assets stands at Rs 13,784,276, the UTI bond savings total Rs 22,04,399 and NSC postal savings at Rs 14,46,232.