BJP's Amrita Roy is richest candidate in 4th phase of polls in Bengal: Report

BJP’s Amrita Roy is richest candidate in 4th phase of polls in Bengal: Report

As many as 21 candidates fighting the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal’s eight constituencies, which are going to the polls in the fourth phase, have assets of more than Rs 1 crore, and among them, BJP’s Krishnanagar nominee Amitra Roy is the richest, according to a report.

A total of 75 candidates are in the fray in these eight seats, and Roy is the richest among them with total assets worth Rs 554 crore, an analysis of their affidavits by West Bengal Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed.

Roy is followed by TMC’s Asansol candidate Shatrughan Sinha, who has assets worth Rs 210 crore and Baharampur candidate Yusuf Pathan whose total assets are valued at Rs 45 crore.

TMC’s seven candidates have assets worth over Rs 1 crore, followed by BJP whose six candidates found a place on the list. Two candidates each of SUCI(C), Congress and CPI(M) also have assets worth over Rs 1 crore.

One candidate each of the BSP and Indian National Socialist Action Forces also found a place on the list, it said

Independent candidate in Ranaghat, Jagannath Sarkar, has assets of Rs 3,587, the lowest for any nominee in this phase.

Also, there are 13 candidates with criminal cases, it said.

Polling in Asansol, Baharampur, Bardhaman Purba, Birbhum, Bolpur, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Krishnanagar and Ranaghat will be held on May 13.