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TANAGAR: The poll field in Arunachal Pradesh could be one of the richest in the country. Of the 154 contestants for the October-13 Assembly
elections in this landlocked frontier state, 63 are crorepatis. Topping the chart is Lok Sabha member Takam Sanjay's brother, whose declared assets are worth about Rs 209 crore.
According to poll affidavits of candidates analyzed by National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), two citizen action groups working for poll reforms, Tagar, who is contesting from the Palin constituency on a People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) ticket, is also one of the youngest among the aspiring lot at 34. He has, however, studied only up to Class X. The survey found that his business firm, M/S Reniya Enterprises, has a turnover of Rs 158 crore at the moment.
Former Rajya Sabha member Nabam Rebia and Congress nominee for the Doimukh Assembly seat is second in the crorepati list with assets worth over Rs 24 crore, closely followed by incumbent chief minister Dorjee Khandu (Rs 22 crore-plus).
Ex-minister Lechi Legi, who contested on a Congress ticket last time but lost to BJP's Kipa Babu from Itanagar, is in the fourth position with assets worth a little less than Khandu but also over Rs 22 crore. This time, he has swapped parties with Babu. Gojen Gadi of Congress, re-contesting from Basar, complete the Top-Five chart with his Rs 19 crore-plus movable and immovable property.
To put it in a descending order, those in the Top Ten list are Chowna Mein and Kameng Dolo of Congress (both Rs 18 crore-plus), Nang Sati Mein (Independent) at Rs 14 crore, James Techi Tara (NCP) at Rs 13 crore and Wangman Lowangcha commanding assets worth Rs 12 crore.
Poll debutante Tara, who hails from Papum Pare but later settled down in Lohit, is pitted against sitting MLA Chowna Mein (Congress) and three others. Missing a slot in the Top-Ten list by a whisker is Likha Saaya, the youth face of Congress, with his assets worth Rs 9.6 crore.
In the last Assembly elections, former chief minister Gegong Apang was the richest candidate with his Rs 9 crore-plus assets. But in the last five years, he has only gone poorer. According to the survey, his assets are worth Rs 7 crore and he managed to clinch the 14th position.
Like Apang, education minister Tatar Kipa, PWD minister Nabam Tuki and parliamentary secretary Takam Sorang were in the list of Top Five crorepatis in the last polls, but have gone down the chart this time.
Tuki, with his Rs 6 crore-plus assets, finished 16th in the list, while Kipa stood 22nd (Rs 3 crore-plus). Sorang, with only a plot of land at ESS Sector Itanagar worth Rs 2.5 lakh, is not even in the Top Hundred list.
Interestingly, most parties seem to have favoured crorepatis while giving them tickets to contest the polls. While Congress gave tickets to 37 crorepatis, NCP chose eight and Trinamool Congress seven. PPA has four crorepatis in its list of 11 contestants, BJP has six of its 18 nominees and of the three Independents, one is a crorepati. JD(U), which has fielded three candidates, is the only party that does not have a single crorepati in its fold.
TANAGAR: The poll field in Arunachal Pradesh could be one of the richest in the country. Of the 154 contestants for the October-13 Assembly
elections in this landlocked frontier state, 63 are crorepatis. Topping the chart is Lok Sabha member Takam Sanjay's brother, whose declared assets are worth about Rs 209 crore.
According to poll affidavits of candidates analyzed by National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), two citizen action groups working for poll reforms, Tagar, who is contesting from the Palin constituency on a People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) ticket, is also one of the youngest among the aspiring lot at 34. He has, however, studied only up to Class X. The survey found that his business firm, M/S Reniya Enterprises, has a turnover of Rs 158 crore at the moment.
Former Rajya Sabha member Nabam Rebia and Congress nominee for the Doimukh Assembly seat is second in the crorepati list with assets worth over Rs 24 crore, closely followed by incumbent chief minister Dorjee Khandu (Rs 22 crore-plus).
Ex-minister Lechi Legi, who contested on a Congress ticket last time but lost to BJP's Kipa Babu from Itanagar, is in the fourth position with assets worth a little less than Khandu but also over Rs 22 crore. This time, he has swapped parties with Babu. Gojen Gadi of Congress, re-contesting from Basar, complete the Top-Five chart with his Rs 19 crore-plus movable and immovable property.
To put it in a descending order, those in the Top Ten list are Chowna Mein and Kameng Dolo of Congress (both Rs 18 crore-plus), Nang Sati Mein (Independent) at Rs 14 crore, James Techi Tara (NCP) at Rs 13 crore and Wangman Lowangcha commanding assets worth Rs 12 crore.
Poll debutante Tara, who hails from Papum Pare but later settled down in Lohit, is pitted against sitting MLA Chowna Mein (Congress) and three others. Missing a slot in the Top-Ten list by a whisker is Likha Saaya, the youth face of Congress, with his assets worth Rs 9.6 crore.
In the last Assembly elections, former chief minister Gegong Apang was the richest candidate with his Rs 9 crore-plus assets. But in the last five years, he has only gone poorer. According to the survey, his assets are worth Rs 7 crore and he managed to clinch the 14th position.
Like Apang, education minister Tatar Kipa, PWD minister Nabam Tuki and parliamentary secretary Takam Sorang were in the list of Top Five crorepatis in the last polls, but have gone down the chart this time.
Tuki, with his Rs 6 crore-plus assets, finished 16th in the list, while Kipa stood 22nd (Rs 3 crore-plus). Sorang, with only a plot of land at ESS Sector Itanagar worth Rs 2.5 lakh, is not even in the Top Hundred list.
Interestingly, most parties seem to have favoured crorepatis while giving them tickets to contest the polls. While Congress gave tickets to 37 crorepatis, NCP chose eight and Trinamool Congress seven. PPA has four crorepatis in its list of 11 contestants, BJP has six of its 18 nominees and of the three Independents, one is a crorepati. JD(U), which has fielded three candidates, is the only party that does not have a single crorepati in its fold.
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