New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu is the wealthiest chief minister within the nation, declaring mixed belongings of greater than Rs 931 crore together with his partner, in line with a report by the Affiliation for Democratic Reforms (ADR). On the different finish of the spectrum is West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with belongings valued at over Rs 15 lakh.

ADR primarily based its findings on an evaluation of the self-sworn affidavits of the 30 chief ministers. The information was extracted from the affidavits filed by them earlier than the earlier Meeting elections. Complete belongings for all chief ministers embody these of their spouses and dependents.

Naidu is adopted within the listing by Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu who has complete declared belongings price Rs 332 crores, and Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah with greater than Rs 51 crore.

Naidu and Khandu are the one two billionaire chief ministers within the nation. Naidu had declared complete belongings price over Rs 177 crore in 2014, together with his partner investing Rs 111 crore in bonds, debentures and firm shares.

These have seen a constant rise, with the bonds, debentures and shares element of his belongings rising to over Rs 549 crores in 2019, and over Rs 767 crore in 2024.

The worth of his immovable belongings, which embody land, industrial buildings, and residential constructing additionally grew from over Rs 42 crore in 2014 to greater than Rs 121 crores.

Equally, the worth of Khandu’s immovable belongings, which embody agricultural and non-agricultural land in addition to industrial and residential buildings elevated from Rs 26 crore in 2014 to over Rs 167 crore in 2014.

In line with the newest ADR report, Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah is simply above Mamata Banerjee together with his declared belongings price greater than Rs 55 lakh, whereas Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan follows him with over Rs 1.18-crore price of belongings.

Most chief ministers, 16 in complete, lie within the vary of Rs 1 crore and Rs 10 crore price of belongings.

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Legal responsibility, {qualifications} & felony circumstances

The report additionally finds that 11 chief ministers have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above. Khandu and Siddaramaiah prime this listing, with liabilities of Rs 180 crore and Rs 23 crore respectively, adopted by Naidu, who has liabilities of over Rs 10 crore.

The report additionally regarded on the academic {qualifications} of chief ministers, and located that solely two—Madhya Pradesh’s Mohan Yadav and Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma—maintain a doctorate. 9 chief ministers are graduates, and 6 post-graduates.

Chhattisgarh’s Vishnu Deo Sai is a tenth go, and three CMs—Jharkhand’s Hemant Soren, Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann and Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan—are twelfth go.

The report additionally reveals that of the 30 chief ministers, 12 (or round 40 p.c) have declared felony circumstances. Of those, 10 have severe felony circumstances in opposition to them.

The report considers severe felony circumstances as these offences for which the utmost punishment is 5 years or extra, or if the offence is non-bailable, or whether it is an electoral offence, or if the offence pertains to loss to the exchequer.

It additionally included offences that relate to assault, homicide, kidnap, rape, or offences below Prevention of Corruption Act, or crimes in opposition to ladies and kids.

Probably the most variety of pending circumstances are in opposition to Telangana’s A. Revanth Reddy, with 89 pending circumstances, adopted by Tamil Nadu’s M.Ok. Stalin with 47 pending circumstances, and Chandrababu Naidu with 19.

(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)

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