13 of 55 contestants for council president are 'crorepatis'

Of the 55 candidates contesting for the posts of municipal council president in the fourth and final phase of civic polls in Maharashtra, 13 (23 per cent) are 'crorepatis'.
The final phase of municipal council and nagar panchayat elections in the state would be held on January 8.
On an average, each of these 55 candidates is worth more than Rs 87 lakh.
The candidate with highest declared total assets is Abhijeet Ramesh Gupta, who is contesting for post of president of Narkhed Municipal Council (Nagpur). Gupta has assets of more than Rs five crore.
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch analysed the affidavits of 55 candidates out of 77 who are contesting for the posts of council president in Nagpur and Gondiya districts.

Only two of these candidates, Kalpana Pundlik Charde from Katol Municipal Council (Nagpur) and Gaurdhan Katwaru Jaiswal from Gondiya Municipal Council (Gondiya) have declared assets below Rs two lakh.