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Udayanraje Bhonsle declares assets worth ₹201.42crore; Pawar worth ₹33 crore
On Wednesday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar filed his election affidavit for the Rajya Sabha (RS), in which he declared total assets worth
On Wednesday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar filed his election affidavit for the Rajya Sabha (RS), in which he declared total assets worth ₹32.73 crore. He has also declared liabilities of ₹1 crore, taken as advance deposits against the transfer of shares from Sunetra Pawar (Ajit Pawar’s wife), and grandnephew Parth Pawar.
According to the affidavit, Pawar has given loans of ₹2 crore and his wife Pratibha has given loans worth ₹5.45 crore. The Pawar family doesn’t own any vehicles, but declared jewellery worth ₹88.65 lakh.
Udayanraje Bhonsle, who traces his lineage to Chhatrapati Shivaji, also declared assets worth more than ₹201.42 crore. Bhonsle will contest the Rajya Sabha (RS) polls as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. The former parliamentarian, who was in NCP, declared liabilities of ₹1.82 crore as loans. Bhonsle has declared movable assets worth ₹16.21 crore and immovable assets of ₹185.21 crore. These valuations include shares belonging to his wife Damayantiraje, the Hindu undivided family (HUF) and his daughter Nayantara.
Pawar is contesting the RS polls for a second term. On Wednesday, he filed his nomination for the polls and declared movable assets worth ₹25.21 crore and immovable assets worth ₹7.52 crore. The assets include those of his wife and Hindu undivided family (HUF).
Compared to Pawar’s affidavit filed for the 2014 RS elections, his income has surged by ₹67.40 lakh. In 2014, Pawar had declared movable assets worth ₹20.47 crore and immovable assets of ₹11.58 crore (total: ₹32.06 crore).
Bhonsle’s assets have increased in value by over ₹2 crore compared to the declaration he made last year. In April 2019, before the general elections, Bhonsle had declared assets worth ₹199 crore and was one of the richest candidates in the state.
Of his assets, properties worth ₹158.57 crore are inherited. The family owns jewellery, including diamond sets, and bullion worth ₹2.54 crore.
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