Lok Sabha Election 2024: Piyush Goyal among top 3 richest candidates in fray in phase 5 polling tomorrow
Lok Sabha Elections on Monday, May 20. The voting will take place in Maharashtra, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Union Minister Piyush Goyal is among the prominent candidates in the fray in Phase 5 polling on Monday.
With assets of about ₹110 crore, Goyal is among the top 3 richest candidates in the fray, according to an analysis of poll affidavits by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Goyal, who is the Union Minister of Commerce, Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi cabinet, contesting Lok Sabha election for the first time. Goyal is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from m Mumbai North seat.
Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Raebareli, Amethi among 14 UP seats voting in Phase 5 on May 20. Check details here Goyal is pitted against Congress party's candidate Bhushan Patil. Goyal has immovable assets worth more than ₹21 crore and movable assets worth over ₹ 89 crore, according to the affidavit.
His income for FY2022-23 was ₹87.61 lakh while his wife Seema Goyal's income for the financial year as ₹70.96 lakh. Among others, Anurag Sharma, the BJP candidate from Jhansi seat in Uttar Pradesh is the richest candidate in the fray. Sharma, who is the Joint Managing Director at Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt Ltd, has total assets worth ₹212 crore, according to his affidavit.
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