Crorepati in Madhya Pradesh poll fray! Unbelievable, but check out the assets of BJP, Congress movers and shakers

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2019 are scheduled to be held on November 28. But what is really drawing the spotlight are the number of crorepati in the tussle to become representatives of the aam aadmi in the assembly. The poll is witnessing a big rise in percentage of crorepati (multi-millionaire) candidates, said an ADR report, adding that this segment has shot up up to a whopping 24 per cent from 19 per cent of the overall candidates in the fray in the last elections.
 
“Out of the 2,716 candidates, 656 (24 per cent) are crorepatis. In 2013 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, out of 2,494 candidates, 472 (19 per cent) were crorepatis. Out of the 2,716 candidates analysed, 464 (17 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases registered against them. In 2013, out of the 2,494 candidates analysed, 407 (16 per cent) had declared criminal cases against them,” said Association for Democratic Reforms report.
 
The top three candidates with highest declared assets are: Sanjay Satyendra Pathak of BJP in Katni district in Vijayayraghavgarh constituency with total assets of Rs 226 crore; followed by Sanjay Shukla of Congress party in Indore district's Indore-1 seat with total assets of Rs 139 crore; and Sanjay Sharma (Sanju Bhaiya) of Congress party in Narsinghpur district, fighting from Tendukheda constituency with total assets worth Rs 130 crore. 

 
According to the party wise Crorepati candidates, among the major parties 179(81%) out of 220 candidates analysed from BJP, 173(78%) out of 223 candidates analysed from INC, 52(24%) out of 214 candidates analysed from BSP, 38(18%) out of 206 candidates from AAP, 17(35%) out of 48 candidates from SP have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore. 
 
The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections is Rs 1.73 crore.  
 
Interestingly, there are 7 candidates who have declared zero assets. 
 
Notably, the Madhya Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 2716 out of 2899 candidates, who are contesting in the assembly polls. Out of 2716 candidates analysed, 685 are from national parties, 348 are from state parties, 668 are from registered unrecognized parties and 1015 candidates are contesting independently.