Delhi Assembly polls: Kejriwal declares assets worth Rs 2.09 cr

Congress leader Ajay Maken tops the chart with Rs 12.34 cr, followed by the BJP's Kiran Bedi with Rs 11.65 cr

With total declared assets of Rs 2.09 crore, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Arvind Kejriwal ranks the lowest among the key faces of the three foremost parties in the Assembly polls in Delhi. Congress leader Ajay Maken tops the chart with Rs 12.34 crore, followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Kiran Bedi with Rs 11.65 crore.

Kejriwal and Bedi are the chief ministerial candidates of their respective parties. Maken is tipped to be the Congress' chief ministerial candidate.

According to the affidavit, Kejriwal filed along with nomination papers for the New Delhi constituency, he and his wife's combined assets have gone down by Rs 5 lakh compared to the total assets of Rs 2.14 crore he declared during last year's Lok Sabha election.

The former chief minister declared movable assets at Rs 2.26 lakh while his wife has a total of Rs 15.28 lakh including 300 gm of gold worth Rs 9 lakh and 24 gm silver worth Rs 24,000.

Bedi declared movable and immovable assets worth over Rs 11.65 crore belonging to her and her husband.

In her affidavit, Bedi, who is contesting from Krishna Nagar seat, mentioned that no case is pending against her in any court. Bedi also mentioned she has movable and immovable assets worth Rs 11.04 crore while the assets of both these types of her husband is worth Rs 61.35 lakh She has declared movable assests at Rs 3.14 crore including five gram gold worth Rs 25,000 while her husband has a total of Rs 32.85 lakh.

She said she has three flats - at Dwarka, Uday Park in Delhi and at Gautam Buddh Nagar of Uttar Pradesh and the total value of these flats has been put at Rs 6.05 crore.

Maken's total worth and his wife's movable and immovable assets stands at Rs 12.34 crore, more than double from his declaration last year during the Lok Sabha polls.

Maken and his wife declared total assets worth around Rs 5.76 crore in his Lok Sabha elections affidavit last year. According to details provided by Maken, he has movable assets worth Rs 2.99 crore while his wife has a total of Rs 1.20 crore.