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Subject: [Assam] The jewel in the Assam
politician’s crown -The Statesman
"If an average candidate's
wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in
possession of some Rs 27 lakh. " - The Statesman
And yet, the voting public is extremely happy
to re-elect these scoundrels every election cycle.
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The jewel in the Assam
politician's crown
Statesman News
Service
GUWAHATI, March 24. — Assam is considered a poor state but its
politicians live lavishly — apparently because they are married to wealth.
These super-rich wives, not required to work for a living, are the
stay-at-home type, deigning sometimes to be associated with voluntary
organisations. Or, that is the impression which is being sought to be created.
If their husbands have power, they have money; oodles of it, going by
affidavits submitted to the Election Commission by the more than 500
candidates in the first phase of the forthcoming Assembly polls.
Mandatory
declarations indicate that the combined assets of the candidates' wives would
be worth Rs 266 crore.
The candidates' wealth adds up to a mere Rs 82
crore. And Mr Badarudin Ajmal, perfume mogul who is also the president of the
Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), alone accounts for Rs 16 crore of it.
The candidates claim to have an average of Rs 3 lakh in cash to fight
the
elections but their wives are said to possess between Rs 6.3 lakh
and Rs
43 lakh, apart
from jewellery and other assets. If an average candidate's
wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in
possession of some Rs 27 lakh.
The candidates' ornaments total Rs 3.10
crore in value; their wives', Rs 35 crore. Most candidates have declared that
their wives own houses and land in many places.
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