Nitish Kumar's son richer than father

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar owns movable and immovable assets worth about Rs 60 lakh even as his son Nishant has assets about four-times more than his father.

According to details of the assets declared by Kumar and his ministers three days ago, the Chief Minister has movable assets worth about Rs 19 lakh and immovable assets in the form of a flat in the national capital valued at Rs 40 lakh.

The 64-year-old senior JD(U) leader owns two cars - a 2003 model Hyundai Santro, which he has declared as a gift and a Ford EcoSport that he bought last year.

In addition, the Chief Minister has six cows and two calves.

In contrast to his assets, Kumar's son Nishant has movable assets worth Rs 94 lakh and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 1.2 crore comprising a house in Patna and his native village Kalyan Bigaha in Nalanda district.

On the other hand, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's two Minister sons - Tejaswi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav have declared sizeable assets in terms of movable and immovable assets.

While the Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Prasad Yadav, who also holds Road departemnt, has movable assets worth Rs 22.55 lakh and immovable assets at Rs 91.52 lakh in addition to investment in equity market to the tune of Rs 5.38 lakh, his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, who is the Health Minister in Nitish Kumar government, has Rs 4.56 lakh in bank, besides shares worth shares worth Rs 25.10 lakh and immovable assets of Rs 79.27 lakh.

While the RJD supremo's younger son does not own a vehicle, his elder brother has a BMW valued at Rs 29.43 lakh and a motorcycle worth Rs 15.46 lakh.

JD(U) leader and Water resources minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh is the richest minister in the Nitish Kumar government with declared assets to the tune of Rs 4.4 crore comprising Rs. 37.7 lakh as movable assets and Rs 4.01 crore worth immovable assets.

Education minister and Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ashok Choudhary has a Toyota Altis of 2015, worth Rs 16 lakh and a Scorpio, while Industry and Science and Technology minister Jai Kumar Singh has two SUVs - Scorpio and Fortuner - worth Rs 25,57,680.

Besides significant assests, Singh owns a .32 bore revolver and a rifle.

Finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui too has a .32 bore and an old NP Bore rifle, while Labour resource minister Vijay Prakash also owns cars and guns. He has a Ford EcoSport of 2014 and a sophisticated gun like one .25 bore German Mauser and a 30.06 bore rifle, while Disaster Management minister Chandra Shekhar has an NP Bore rifle.

RJD ministers Ram Vichar Rai and Shiv Chandra Ram also possess guns. Ram Vichar has a rifle and a pistol, whereas Shiv Chandra has one NP Bore rifle.