 "Rajnath Singh files nomination from Lucknow")
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh filed his nomination papers from the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Singh, who is a sitting MP from Ghaziabad, filed his nomination papers before the district magistrate and district elections officer Raj Shekhar.
The BJP president filed four set of papers proposed by Lucknow MP Lalji Tandon, city mayor Dinesh Sharma, former mayor S C Rai and senior counsel of the high court, L P Misra.
Tandon and Rai had also been proposers of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he had contested from the seat. Vajpayee represented the UP capital in Lok Sabha several times before he was forced by his poor health to opt out of public life. Before filing his nomination, Singh took part in 'puja' at his residence and later in a 'havan' at BJP headquarters where he also addressed party workers.
In his brief address, Singh said there was a wave in favour of the party in the country and "all workers need to work thinking of themselves as Rajnath Singh and exercise restraint."
"We are going to form the government. You have to seek vote and support of every household visiting people of every caste and religion," he added.
Assets double since 2009
The assets of Singh has almost doubled since 2009 to over Rs 2.5 crore. According to the affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers, Singh has declared movable and immovable assets valued at over Rs 2.51 crore. The total value of his assets have almost doubled from that he declared while contesting Ghaziabad seat in 2009.
Singh has Rs 65,000 cash in hand, over Rs 56 lakh deposited in different bank accounts, Rs 4.8 lakh-worth ornaments, besides a revolver and double barrel gun both worth at Rs 10,000 each. He does not own a car or have investments in shares, according to the affidavit. The BJP leader has a bungalow worth Rs 1.4 crore in Vipul Khand besides land valued at Rs 50 lakh.
The BJP president filed four set of papers proposed by Lucknow MP Lalji Tandon, city mayor Dinesh Sharma, former mayor S C Rai and senior counsel of the high court, L P Misra.
Tandon and Rai had also been proposers of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he had contested from the seat. Vajpayee represented the UP capital in Lok Sabha several times before he was forced by his poor health to opt out of public life. Before filing his nomination, Singh took part in 'puja' at his residence and later in a 'havan' at BJP headquarters where he also addressed party workers.
In his brief address, Singh said there was a wave in favour of the party in the country and "all workers need to work thinking of themselves as Rajnath Singh and exercise restraint."
"We are going to form the government. You have to seek vote and support of every household visiting people of every caste and religion," he added.
Assets double since 2009
The assets of Singh has almost doubled since 2009 to over Rs 2.5 crore. According to the affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers, Singh has declared movable and immovable assets valued at over Rs 2.51 crore. The total value of his assets have almost doubled from that he declared while contesting Ghaziabad seat in 2009.
Singh has Rs 65,000 cash in hand, over Rs 56 lakh deposited in different bank accounts, Rs 4.8 lakh-worth ornaments, besides a revolver and double barrel gun both worth at Rs 10,000 each. He does not own a car or have investments in shares, according to the affidavit. The BJP leader has a bungalow worth Rs 1.4 crore in Vipul Khand besides land valued at Rs 50 lakh.
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