<p>With the combined declared wealth at Rs 19.30 lakh, Ashok Gasti, one of the two BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha election, is arguably among the poorest candidates fielded by a national party in recent memory.</p>.<p>According to his affidavit, Gasti, a law graduate, has movable assets worth Rs 2.85 lakh, which includes two 2-wheelers, one of them purchased in 1996. Gasti’s wife - Suma Gasti - is four times as rich as her husband with a total worth of her movable and immovable assets at Rs 12.45 lakh.</p>.<p>Two of his dependent daughters have movable assets worth Rs 2 lakh each. According to his affidavit, Gasti’s income was “below taxable limit, hence no return of income filed.”</p>.<p>On the other hand, BJP’s Eranna Kadadi's net worth is around Rs 2.35 crore. His movable asset declaration, worth Rs 1.02 crore, shows that a revolver worth Rs 60,000 is among his possessions. Kadadi owns a petrol bunk near Sanganakeri cross near Gokak in Belagavi.</p>
<p>With the combined declared wealth at Rs 19.30 lakh, Ashok Gasti, one of the two BJP candidates for the Rajya Sabha election, is arguably among the poorest candidates fielded by a national party in recent memory.</p>.<p>According to his affidavit, Gasti, a law graduate, has movable assets worth Rs 2.85 lakh, which includes two 2-wheelers, one of them purchased in 1996. Gasti’s wife - Suma Gasti - is four times as rich as her husband with a total worth of her movable and immovable assets at Rs 12.45 lakh.</p>.<p>Two of his dependent daughters have movable assets worth Rs 2 lakh each. According to his affidavit, Gasti’s income was “below taxable limit, hence no return of income filed.”</p>.<p>On the other hand, BJP’s Eranna Kadadi's net worth is around Rs 2.35 crore. His movable asset declaration, worth Rs 1.02 crore, shows that a revolver worth Rs 60,000 is among his possessions. Kadadi owns a petrol bunk near Sanganakeri cross near Gokak in Belagavi.</p>
