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Kejriwal and Nitish Kumar own assets of over ₹3 crore, the ADR report on 30 chief ministers of India claimed.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy is the wealthiest chief minister of the country with a total of 510 crore assets, according to poll affidavits analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms. Out of the 30 incumbent chief ministers, 29 are crorepatis with the only exception being West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee with a total asset of 15 lakh, the ADR report said.

Name of CMs  State Total assets
Jagan Reddy Andhra Pradesh 510 crore+
Pema Khandu Arunachal Pradesh 163 crore+
Naveen Patnaik Odisha 63 crore+
Neiphiu Rio Nagaland  46 crore+
N Rangasamy Puducherry 38 crore+
K Chandrashekar Rao Telangana 23 crore+
Bhupesh Baghel Chhattisgarh  23 crore+
Himanta Biswa Sarma Assam 17 crore+
Conrad Sangma Meghalaya 15 crore+
Manik Saha Tripura 13 crore+
Eknath Shinde Maharashtra 11 crore+
Pramod Sawant Goa 9 crore+
Basavraj Bommai Karnataka  8 crore+
MK Stalin Tamil Nadu 8 crore+
Hemant Soren Jharkhand 8 crore+
Bhupendra Patel Gujarat 8 crore+
Sukhvinder Singh Himachal Pradesh 7 crore+
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Madhya Pradesh 7 crore+
Ashok Gehlot Rajasthan 6 crore+
Pushkar Singh Dhami Uttarakhand 4 crore+
Prem Singh Tamang Sikkim  3 crore+
Zoramthanga Mizoram 3 crore+
Arvind Kejriwal  Delhi 3 crore+
Nitish Kumar Bihar  3 crore+
Bhagwant Mann Punjab  1 crore+
Yogi Adityanath Uttar Pradesh 1 crore+
N Biren Singh Manipur 1 crore+
Manohar Lal Khattar Haryana  1 crore+
Pinarayi Vijayan Kerala 1 crore+
Mamata Banerjee West Bengal 15 lakh+

Out of the 30 CMs analysed, 29 (97 per cent) are crorepatis with the average assets being 33.96 crore for every CM, the ADR said. According to the ADR report, out of the 30 CMs, 13 (43 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases including those related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and criminal intimidation.

The top three chief ministers in terms of assets are Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Mohan Reddy (over 510 crore), Arunanchal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (over 163 crore) and Odisha's Naveen Pattnaik (over 63 crore), according to the ADR.

The three CMs with the lowest declared assets are – West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee (over 15 lakh), Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (over 1 crore) and Haryana's Manohar Lal (over 1 crore), the ADR said.

Both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal own assets worth over 3 crore, the report said.

According to the report, Jagan Mohan Reddy, the 46-year-old chief minister has an asset of over 510 crore with a liability of over 1 crore. His self income is over 50 crore. The second-richest CM Pema Khandu's self income and liability are 0 while his total asset is over 163 crore. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has self income of over 2 lakh and a total asset of over 3 crore.


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