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Dharam Pal Lakra To Rakhi Birla: Richest And Poorest Candidates In Delhi Polls And Their Assets

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Last Updated:January 17, 2025, 14:26 IST

While Lakra’s immovable property amounts to Rs 243 crore, his movable properties amount to Rs 3.24 crore, according to his election affidavit that he filed in 2020.

While Dharam Pal Lakra is the richest candidate in Delhi polls, Rakhi Birla is the least wealthy candidate. (Image: X)While Dharam Pal Lakra is the richest candidate in Delhi polls, Rakhi Birla is the least wealthy candidate. (Image: X)

In the 2020 Delhi election, the four richest candidates were from the Aam Adam Party (AAP) — Dharam Pal Lakra with assets worth Rs 292.1 crore, Parmila Tokas with declared assets worth Rs 80.8 crore, Ram Singh Netaji, with a total assets of Rs 80 crore and Raaj Kumar Anand having assets worth Rs 76 crore. But with the nomination process still on, and Lakra being the only billionaire in the 65-member Delhi assembly, he is speculated to hold his position at the top. However, he won’t be representing the AAP, but the Congress this time. Congress has fielded him as its candidate from the Mundka constituency. Dharam Pal Lakra had recently joined the Congress.

Lakra is a businessman from Mundka but he calls himself an agriculturist as his family owns agricultural land. While his immovable property amounts to Rs 243 crore, his movable properties amount to Rs 3.24 crore, according to his election affidavit that he filed in 2020.

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Even if one takes their last sworn affidavit, Lakra is three times richer than the next wealthiest candidate in the outgoing Delhi Assembly – Pramila Tokas. So, when he files his nomination for Delhi polls 2025, Lakra is speculated to be the richest candidate again, but this time with the Congress.

Meanwhile, in terms of available affidavits, AAP’s Durgesh Pathak and Rakhi Birla continue to be among the poorest. Pathak is an influential leader in the party who was defeated by the BJP in Karawal Nagar last election. Pathak has movable assets worth Rs 5,24,766 and for his spouse worth Rs 14,22,810. He claims to own no immovable asset or any agricultural or non-agricultural land in his name or his spouse’s name. The total cash he has in hand is Rs 50,000, he declared.

Meanwhile, Rakhi Birla — AAP’s candidate from the Madipur seat – has declared movable assets of Rs 26,48,636.94 in her name while movable assets in her spouse’s name worth Rs 12,03,722.68. She claims to draw a salary while her spouse has declared a business. But she and her spouse don’t own any land, commercial or residential buildings, according to her declaration.

Delhi will vote on February 5 and the results will be out on February 8.

Location : First Published:January 17, 2025, 14:26 IST

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