Delhi's 33 percent LS candidates are millionaires

Posted on 2nd Apr 2014 05:30 am by admin

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) At least 33 percent of Delhi's Lok Sabha candidates are millionaires, says an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms.

Of the total 150 candidates contesting in Delhi's seven parliamentary seats, 49 are millionaires.

Congress MP Kapil Sibal is the richest with property valued Rs.114 crore. He is followed by another Congress MP, Mahabal Mishra, who owns Rs.38 crore property.

Bharatiya Janata Party's New Delhi candidate Meenakshi Lekhi has assets amounting to Rs.34 crore.

The Congress's all seven candidates are millionaires while both the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party have six each.

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