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Assam elects 47 crorepatis as legislator

By TCN staff reporter,

Guwahati: Assam Election Watch (AEW) has revealed that Assam has elected 47 crorepatis as legislators in the recently concluded assembly election. Out of 126 MLAs analyzed by AEW, 47 (37%) MLAs are crorepatis. About 60% MLAs of AGP are crorepatis followed by 40% MLAs from INC. AIUDF is at the bottom – only 17% of its MLAs (3 out of 18) are crorepatis. The Assam 2006 Assembly Elections had only 16 crorepati MLAs.

Crorepati MLAs of Assam Assembly 2011

Party

Total MLAs Analyzed

Crorepati MLAs

% of crorepati MLAs

INC

78

31

40%

AGP

10

6

60%

AIUDF

18

3

17%

BJP

5

1

20%

Others

15

6

40%

Total

126

47

37%

The table given below gives the assets details of 15 MLAs from Assam. Mr. Mahammad Sirajuddin Ajmal, brother of AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, tops the list with highest assets of 42.78 crores. (Source AEW)

Assets of Assam MLAs

Sl. No

Name

Constituency

Party

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

1

Mahammad Sirajuddin Ajmal

Jamunamukh

AIUDF

9,31,33,019

33,47,21,347

42,78,54,366

42 Crore+

2

Anjan Dutta

Amguri

INC

1,57,47,413

9,32,20,000

10,89,67,413

10 Crore+

3

Hitesh Basumatary

Chapaguri (ST)

BPF

7,16,67,661

33,90,000

7,50,57,661

7 Crore+

4

Abdur Rahman Azmal

Salmara South

AIUDF

31,64,769

6,52,73,614

6,84,38,383

6 Crore+

5

Sushmita Dev

Silchar

INC

1,68,29,533

5,05,00,000

6,73,29,533

6 Crore+

6

Naba Kumar Doley

Dhakuakhana

Agp

59,47,120

4,96,00,000

5,55,47,120

5 Crore+

7

Dwipen Pathak

Hajo

AITC

98,06,607

4,57,03,500

5,55,10,107

5 Crore+

8

Debabrata Saikia

Nazira

INC

1,52,63,280

3,98,00,000

5,50,63,280

5 Crore+

9

Tarun Gogoi

Titabor

INC

73,19,349

4,21,00,000

4,94,19,349

4 Crore+

10

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

Barhampur

AGP

2,07,10,025

2,79,60,000

4,86,70,025

4 Crore+

11

Padma Hazarika

Sootea

AGP

3,17,66,422

1,61,00,000

4,78,66,422

4 Crore+

12

Hemanta Talukdar

Gauhati West

INC

1,76,10,103

1,97,05,000*

3,73,15,103

3 Crore+

13

Pradyut Bordoloi

Margherita

INC

1,32,46,107

1,77,58,000

3,10,04,107

3 Crore+

14

Himanta Biswa Sarma

Jalukbari

INC

1,61,87,893

1,44,58,000

3,06,45,893

3 Crore+

15

Bidya Sing Engleng

Diphu

INC

23,61,369

2,53,63,800

2,77,25,169