<p>At a time when many Lok Sabha candidates are coming out with eye-popping details of their assets worth crores, 14 candidates in the poll fray in Tamil Nadu, mostly independents, have declared 'zero assets'.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They are among 845 candidates of well established political entities, among whom are 14 contestants with high liabilities of more than Rs five crore, as per a analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms-Tamil Nadu Election Watch.<br /><br />While 12 independents, including S Rajeshwari (Chennai south), Balan P P (Nilgiris) and Pargunan A (Kancheepuram) have nil assets, candidates of little known CPI(ML) Red Star (Ponnusamy P) and Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (Ezhumalai V) have also declared zero assets in Nilgiris and Chidambaram.<br /><br />Of the 14 candidates with high liabilities of more than Rs five crore, H Vasantha Kumar (Congress) in Kanyakumari figures first with a debt of Rs 87 crore. Ironically, he is also the candidate with highest assets of Rs 285 crore.<br /><br />Similarly, A C Shanmugam of Puthiya Neethi Katchi who owns property worth Rs.106 crore and is contesting on BJP's lotus symbol in Vellore, has a liability of Rs 34 crore.<br /><br />Also, there are nine candidates with high income of Rs one crore, according to Income Tax return details provided by the candidates, the association said.<br /><br />While Vasantha Kumar has shown total income (Self, spouse and dependent) of Rs 16 crore, Thambidurai M (AIADMK) has shown an income of Rs 10 crore and Karti P Chidambaram has shown an income of Rs one crore.</p>
<p>At a time when many Lok Sabha candidates are coming out with eye-popping details of their assets worth crores, 14 candidates in the poll fray in Tamil Nadu, mostly independents, have declared 'zero assets'.<br /><br /></p>.<p>They are among 845 candidates of well established political entities, among whom are 14 contestants with high liabilities of more than Rs five crore, as per a analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms-Tamil Nadu Election Watch.<br /><br />While 12 independents, including S Rajeshwari (Chennai south), Balan P P (Nilgiris) and Pargunan A (Kancheepuram) have nil assets, candidates of little known CPI(ML) Red Star (Ponnusamy P) and Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (Ezhumalai V) have also declared zero assets in Nilgiris and Chidambaram.<br /><br />Of the 14 candidates with high liabilities of more than Rs five crore, H Vasantha Kumar (Congress) in Kanyakumari figures first with a debt of Rs 87 crore. Ironically, he is also the candidate with highest assets of Rs 285 crore.<br /><br />Similarly, A C Shanmugam of Puthiya Neethi Katchi who owns property worth Rs.106 crore and is contesting on BJP's lotus symbol in Vellore, has a liability of Rs 34 crore.<br /><br />Also, there are nine candidates with high income of Rs one crore, according to Income Tax return details provided by the candidates, the association said.<br /><br />While Vasantha Kumar has shown total income (Self, spouse and dependent) of Rs 16 crore, Thambidurai M (AIADMK) has shown an income of Rs 10 crore and Karti P Chidambaram has shown an income of Rs one crore.</p>