NEW DELHI: The Delhi Assembly elections this year have seen a rise in the number of the millionaire candidates, a report by the election watch body, the Association for Democratic Reforms ( ADR) said on Saturday.
Out of the . . . candidates, who are contesting the Assembly polls in Delhi, . . . ( . . per cent) are millionaires, which is an increase from . . . ( . . per cent) in the . . . . elections.
The report said the average assets per candidate is R . . . . crores. u201c In . . . . Assembly Elections, the average assets per candidate for . . . candidates was R . . . . crore.u201d A total of . . candidates out of . . from the AAP, . . out of . . candidates from the Congress, . . out of . . candidates from the B . P and . . out of . . candidates from the Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) are millionaires, as per the ADR report. u201c Three out of five candidates from the Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) have declared assets worth more than R . crore,u201d the report said.
Among major parties, the report said the average assets per candidate for . . AAP candidates is R . . . . . crores and that of the . . Congress candidates is R . . . . . crore. u201c The . . B . P candidates have average assets of R . . . . . crores, while the . . BSP candidates have average assets worth R . . . . . lakh,u201d it said. AGENCIES 243 Millionaires are contesting the elections this year
