In the second phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, out of the 953 candidates for 70 seats, 253 are crorepatis of which 60 are from the ruling Congress, a report said on Friday.
The Chhattisgarh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analyzed the self-sworn affidavits of 953 out of 958 candidates, who are contesting in the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections Phase II. In phase II of the elections, 70 out of 90 seats will go to polls. The first phase of voting for 20 Assembly seats took place on November 7.
The report said, “Out of the 953 candidates, 253 are crorepatis. Among the major parties, 60 (86 percent) out of 70 candidates analyzed from Congress, 57 (81 percent) out of 70 candidates analyzed from BJP, 26 (42 percent) out of 62 candidates analyzed from Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and 19 (43 percent) out of 44 candidates analyzed from AAP have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.”
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The report stated that the role of money power in our elections is evident from the fact that all major political parties give tickets to wealthy candidates. The report said that there are 74 candidates who have declared assets of more than Rs 5 crore, while 87 have declared assets worth Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore, 212 candidates have declared assets from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore, 211 have declared assets from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh and 369 have declared assets less than Rs 10 lakh.
The report stated that the average assets per candidate contesting in the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023 Phase II is Rs 2 crore. It also said that among the major parties, the average asset per candidate for 70 Congress candidates analyzed is Rs 13.42 crore, for 70 BJP candidates analyzed is Rs 5.32 crore, 44 AAP candidates have average assets of Rs 2.04 crore, and 62 Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.53 crore.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader, who is recontesting from the Ambikapur Assembly has declared the highest asset of Rs 447 crore. He is followed by Congress leader Ramesh Singh Vakil, who is contesting from the Manendragarh Assembly seat and has declared assets to the tune of Rs 73.39 crore.
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