Lok Sabha 2024: Delhi's richest candidate has ₹9-crore loan, criminal charges against him: Who is he, how rich he is?
BSP leader and his family have movable and immovable assets worth ₹83.5 crore. He alone owns movable and immovable assets worth ₹17.8 crore, while his wife, Veena Anand, owns assets worth ₹64.7 crore. Anand is a BSP candidate from the New Delhi seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
He will contest this year's poll against AAP's Somnath Bharti and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Bansuri Swaraj. Here are key takeaways from Delhi's richest candidate Anand's affidavit submitted to the Elections Commission for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. As per his affidavit, Anand's total income dropped by around ₹16 lakh in the last five years. In the financial year 2018-19, Anand declared a total income of ₹51,41,721.
However, in the 2022-23 FY, his income plunged to ₹35,33,430. In the last year, Anand's declared income was the highest in FY 2021-22 at ₹62,55,310. ALSO READ: Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand's house raided by ED in money laundering case There are two pending criminal cases against Raaj Kumar Anand.
He has been accused of being involved in a "petty quarrel in the party in a banquet hall". The other case against him is related to the "custom duty evasion on imports and misdeclaration of thickness and value of the goods imported". Charges have been framed against him under Sections 325/323/427/34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in "petty quarrel" case.
He has been under Sections 132, 135 (10 A), 135 (IB), punishable under sections 132, 135 (11A), 135 (11B) of the Customs Act 1962. Anand declared in the affidavit that he has not been convicted of any criminal charges. Anand and his family collectively own movable assets worth ₹46 crore (exactly ₹46,04,50,650).
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