With assets worth Rs 931 cr, Chandrababu Naidu richest CM; Telangana CM faces most criminal cases

Mamata Banerjee ranks last with just Rs 15 lakh worth of assets

Hyderabad: With assets worth Rs 931 crore, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is the richest among all the chief ministers in the country, while Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has the highest number of criminal cases filed against him.

Revanth Reddy has around 89 cases against him, 72 of which are serious IPC counts.

As per the analysis of the self sworn election affidavits of 31 chief ministers in the country, done by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW), Naidu has just Rs 10 crore of liabilities, and Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah with Rs 51 crore assets stood third among the chief ministers with the highest assets.

Pema Khandu, the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, has assets valued at Rs 332 crore, making him the second richest chief minister in the country after Naidu. However, he topped the list of chief ministers with the highest liabilities, valued at Rs 180 crore. Siddaramaiah has liabilities valued at Rs 23 crore.

West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee has the lowest assets of Rs 15 lakh followed by Jammu & Kashmir's Omar Abdullah with Rs 55 lakh and Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Rs one crore. The total assets of 31 chief ministers are Rs. 1,630 crore. The gender ratio appears skewed, as only two out of the 31 Chief Ministers are women.

Out of all 31 Chief Ministers analyzed in state assemblies and Union Territories, 13 (42 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves. Around 10 (32 per cent) chief ministers have declared serious criminal cases, including those related to attempted murder, kidnapping, bribery, criminal intimidation, etc.

Revanth Reddy is facing 34 charges related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506), 22 charges related to Section 505(2) (IPC Section-505(2)), and three charges related to statements conducive to public mischief (IPC Section-505). Two charges pertain to cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property (IPC Section 420). One charge pertains to the falsification of accounts, as outlined in IPC Section 477A. There is one charge under IPC Section 295A, which pertains to deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting their religion or religious beliefs.

Additionally, there are 38 charges under IPC Section 504, which are related to intentional insult with the intent to provoke a breach of peace. 20 charges related to wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause a riot if rioting is committed, if not committed (IPC Section 153) 17 charges related to disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant (IPC Section 188) 12 charges related to acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (IPC Section 34) 12 charges related to punishment for wrongful restraint (IPC Section 341).

Following Revanth Reddy, MK Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, has the highest number of cases, totalling 47, and the highest number of serious IPC cases, 11.