Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani has declared assets exceeding Rs 705 crore in his nomination for Rajya Sabha
BJP’s Amit Agarwal was the richest candidate in the first phase with declared assets of Rs 148.76 crore, followed by BSP’s S K Sharma with Rs 112.29 crore and SP’s Rahul Yadav with Rs 100.63 crore, according to election watch and ADR reports for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. He has declared movable assets worth Rs 77.75 crore and immovable assets valued at Rs 627.67 crore, taking his total declared assets to Rs 705.42 crore, according to Nathwani’s affidavit. BSP chief Mayawati declared assets of about Rs 111.6 crore, SP president Akhilesh Yadav around Rs 42 crore in his 2024 Lok Sabha affidavit, and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about Rs 1.5 crore in his 2022 Assembly election affidavit. The other Samajwadi Party nominee, Prof Ram Gopal Yadav, has declared total assets of Rs 12.58 crore, comprising Rs 4.61 crore in movable assets and Rs 7.97 crore in immovable assets.
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party ‘s Rajya Sabha nominee Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani has declared assets worth more than Rs 705 crore in his nomination affidavit, an amount that exceeds the declared assets of the richest candidates seen in recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha elections based on publicly available election affidavits.