By Admin 
While the BMC elections in Maharashtra are in full swing, on the other hand there is a lot of discussion about the wealth of the candidates contesting this time. The wealth of most of the old councilors has doubled to five times, and all of them are crorepatis. This figure has come out from the election affidavit given by him. This includes councilors and mayors.
This time a total of 1700 candidates are in the fray in 227 wards in the BMC elections. Some councilors said that their wealth is from business, farming, investment and rental income. According to the rules of the Election Commission, all candidates have to disclose their income and assets.
candidates from different parties
Old mayors and old corporators contesting the elections have submitted their affidavits. In this, the information has come to light from the affidavits given by the candidates of different political parties that the old mayors and old corporators are millionaires. According to Election Commission rules, candidates are required to provide information about movable and immovable property, bank deposits, shares, jewelery and loans of themselves, their spouses and their dependents.
According to this, data has revealed that the assets of some old corporators have increased by crores of rupees in the affidavits submitted by the candidates in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
Increased investment from cash to house-flat
There has been an increase in bank deposits and investments including houses, flats, commercial properties, plots. Although some old councilors have said that their sources of income are business, farming, rental income and salary, but the rapid increase in wealth is becoming a matter of curiosity for the voters.
Whose wealth increased by how much?
- Former mayor Kishori Pednekar net worth now Rs 5 crore 26 lakh Rs 1 crore 61 lakh 53 thousand in 2017.
- Former Mayor Shraddha Jadhav (Ward No. 202) Total movable and immovable assets: Rs 46 crore He had contested the 2024 assembly elections. At that time the total assets were Rs 44 crores. Increase: Rs 2 crore in a year.
- Former Mayor Vishakha Sharad Raut (Ward No. 191) Real Estate – Movable Property: 21 Crore 83 Lakh In 2017: 14 Crore 37 Lakh Increase: 7 Crore.
- Yamini Jadhav (Ward No. 209) Net worth: Rs 14 crore 57 lakh Contested 2024 assembly elections: Rs 10 crore 10 lakh Increase: Rs 4 crore in 1 year.
- Neil Kirit Somaiya (Ward No. 107) Net worth: Rs 9 crore. In 2017: 1 crore 99 lakh Increase: 7 crore in 8 years.
- Tejasvi Abhishek Ghosalkar (Ward No. 2) Net worth: Rs 5 crore in 2017: Rs 25 lakh Increase in: Rs 4 crore 75 lakh in 8 years.
- Shailesh Phanse – Net worth 25 crores.
- Deepti Waikar – 22 crore 12 lakh 71 thousand.
- Samadhan Saravankar – 46 crore 59 lakh In 2017 – 9 crore 43 lakh.
- Yashwant Kiledar Net Worth – 7 Crore 5 Lakh.
- Ravi Raja Net Worth – Rs 10 Crore 12 Lakh 17 Thousand in 2017 – Rs 5 Crore 12 Lakh 84 Thousand.
- BJP candidate Prabhakar Shinde net worth – Rs 17 crore 63 lakh.