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Chandigarh : Ahead of elections, Congress is harping on the theme of aam admi. Most of its candidates who are waving the common man banner for the October 13 assembly vote are far from this category.
A survey of 489 candidates, about half of the candidates in the fray, shows that more than 50% are crorepatis. According to affidavits of candidates analysed by National Election Watch, a citizen action group working for poll reform, as many as 251 candidates (51%) have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore.
Most parties seem to have favoured crorepatis for tickets. Among major parties, Congress has given tickets to 72 crorepatis, INLD to 56 and Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress to 44.
In terms of net worth, on top of the heap (of the candidates surveyed) is Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janhit Congress candidate Mohit Yadav (from Kosli constituency, Rewari).
His assets are worth Rs 92.7 crore. He is followed by Venod Sharma (Ambala) of Congress with a net worth of Rs 87.4 crore.
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