BHOPAL: Ramu Tekam of the Congress who is in the fray from Betul constituency where election will be held during the third phase of polls in state on May 7, is the poorest candidate both among the Congress and BJP candidates who are in the contest during the third phase of polls in state.
As per the affidavit submitted before EC, Tekam only has assets worth Rs 2.45 lakh, neither he nor his wife own any immovable assets. And this is lowest among the 18 candidates of Congress and BJP — nine from each parties — in the nine constituencies where polls will be held during the third phase of elections.
Followed by Tekam is Shivmangal Singh Rajput the BJP candidate from Morena who is the second poorest candidate in the list and as per the affidavit owns assets worth Rs 1.13 crore, after Rajput, it is INC candidate from Gwalior, Praveen Pathak who owns assets worth Rs 1.48 crore.
Among the richest candidates are BJP candidate from Guna, Jyotiraditya Scindia who owns—including one HUF—assets worth Rs 362 crores, followed by Chandra Bhushan Singh Bundela who is contesting on INC ticket from Sagar, he owns assets worth Rs 46.04 crore and after Bundela it is former CM and INC candidate from Rajgarh Digvijay Singh who owns assets worth Rs 40.63 crore — including that of two HUFs.
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