Mamata Declares Assets Worth ₹16.72 Lakh, Nearly ₹14 lakh Less Than Previous Polls
Mumbai: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that her total assets are Rs 16.72 lakh.
According to the affidavit filed before the Election Commission of India, Banerjee, who is contesting from the Nandigram assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district, has no vehicle or property.
The 66-year-old leader has total movable assets of Rs 16.72 lakh.
Before the 2016 assembly elections, he had assets worth Rs 30.45 lakh.
Her income for the year 2019-20 was Rs 10,34,370.
The chief minister has a cash balance of Rs 69,255, while she has a total bank balance of Rs 13.53 lakh, which includes Rs 1.51 lakh in his election preliminary account. She also has a deposit with the National Saving Certificate (NSC) of Rs 18,490.
The affidavit showed that his taxable amount deducted at source (TDS) in the financial year 2019-20 is Rs 1.50 lakh.
Banerjee owns nine grams of jewellery worth Rs 43,837.
A voter from Kolkata’s Babnipur assembly constituency received a royalty of Rs 930 in 2019-20. Banerjee has several books to her credit.
The chief minister has no criminal case pending against her.
She is an MA from the University of Calcutta and also holds an LLB degree.
Banerjee on Wednesday filed her nomination papers from Nandigram constituency, where she is contesting against BJP’s protected-adviser Suvendu Adhikari and CPI-M’s Minakshi Mukherjee.
In the second phase of voting on 8 April, Nandigram will be voted on 1 April.
(With PTI Inputs)
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