Assets of 34 UP MLAs rose by 187% in 5 years

LUCKNOW: The five-year stint in the UP assembly since 2007 has helped a number of MLAs im prove their fortunes to a large ex tent, as on an average, recon testing MLA has registered an asset growth of Rs 1.61 crore.
According to a survey con ducted by UP Election Watch, the average asset of the 34 re-con testing MLAs (whose affidavits were analysed) in 2007 stood at Rs 86 lakh.By 2012, this average had swelled to Rs 2.47 crore. In percentage terms, the growth in assets has been 187%.
The assets of BSP legislator Umesh Pandey from Madhuban witnessed the highest increase at 1,934%. His assets rose from Rs 5.58 lakh in 2007 to Rs 1.13 crore in 2012. The second spot has been bagged by Madho Prasad of the Congress from Gorakhpur’s Chauri Chaura seat.
Prasad’s for tune rose Rs 6.9 lakh in 2007 to Rs 77.62 lakh in 2012, an increase of 1025%. BSP candidate from Azamgarh constituency, Sarvesh Kumar, registered a five-year growth of 887%, as his gross assets went up to Rs Rs 9.81 crore in 2012 from Rs 99.42 lakh.
Volume-wise, the assets of Sarvesh Kumar Singh, BSP candidate from Azamgarh, increased the most (Rs 8.81 crore).
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