Agriculture Biggest Source Of Income For Rich Karnataka Candidates

The preparations for battle ground Karnataka has reached its finale. As the state goes for assembly polls on 10 May, here is a look at the ITR reports submitted by the candidates to know who the top ten candidates with highest income declaration. 

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Hosakote, N Nagaraju features as the number 1 candidate to declare the highest income. His own income is Rs 96 crore, while the total income of self, spouse and dependent is Rs 137 crore. This income is attributed to Agriculture, house property,business and other sources. 

Congress candidate from Chitradurga, KC Veerendra Puppy has been featured on the third rank on this list, with a declared income of Rs 33,68,31,362. The income source has been declared as agricultural income, business income, rental income, income from fixed deposits and Income from recurring deposit. The income total of self, spouse and dependant has been declared at Rs 33,75,36,513. 

These details feature in a report released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in Bengaluru ahead of the polls. The organisation has done a detailed analysis of all the affidavits filed by the candidates at the time of their nominations. 

JD(S) candidate from Bommanahalli, K Narayan Raju, features fourth on the list. His total income (self, spouse and dependent) declared from sources like business and rent is Rs 22,06,93,200, but his individual declared income is just Rs 1,10,930. 

Similar is the story of the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Channapatna constituency and BJP candidate from Lingsugur. CP Sharath Chandra, the AAP candidate from Channapatna constituency has declared a self income of just Rs 13,24,500, while the total declared income of self, spouse and dependants is a whopping Rs 13,87,53,880. BJP candidate from Lingsugur, Manappa D Vajjal has declared his self income as Rs 4,75,890, while the total income of self, spouse and dependant is Rs 11,47,94,286. The source is declared as agriculture and pension.  

Tarannum Manjul

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