Patna: Actor-turned-politician and Congress candidate from Patna Sahib constituency Shatrughan Sinha has movable and immovable assets of Rs. 112.22 crore.
Mr Sinha, who joined the Congress recently after switching his loyalty of more than 3 decades with BJP, is locked in a direct electoral battle with Union Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Mr Sinha filed his papers on Monday, the last date for filing of nomination papers for Patna Sahib constituency which would go to polls on May 19.
As per the affidavit, Mr Sinha has movable assets of Rs. 8.60 crore and immovable assets of Rs. 103.61 crore.
Mr Sinha, who graduated from FTII, Pune in 1967, has shown Rs. 4,58,232 as cash in hand while his wife has Rs. 5,95, 366 as cash in hand.The actor has Rs. 2.74 crore as fixed deposits in bank and Rs. 29.10 lakh as investments in shares, bonds, mutual funds, the affidavit said.
The actor possess gold, silver and precious stones valued at Rs. 1.03 crore, the affidavit said.
According to the affidavit, Mr Sinha possesses seven cars including one Ambassador, two Camrys, one Fortuner, Innova, Maruti Ciaz and Scorpio all worth Rs. 14.80 lakh.
Both Shtrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha have not taken any loans from banks or financial institutions but both owe an outstanding due in crores to be paid to their actor-daughter Sonakshi Sinha.
As on March 2019, the outstanding dues that Mr Sinha owes to his daughter stood at Rs. 10.59 crore while his wife has taken Rs. 16.18 crore from her daughter.
As per the affidavit, Mr Sinha’s declared annual income reduced to Rs. 63,87,233 in 2018-19 from Rs. 1,28,38,400 in 2015-16.
Mr Sinha’s rival and BJP candidate Ravi Shankar Prasad and his wife have less assets in comparison to Bollywood star and his wife Poonam Sinha.
Mr Prasad has movable assets of Rs. 18.35 crore and immovable assets of Rs. 3.74 crore whereas his wife Maya Shankar has movable assets of Rs. 1.43 crore but does not possess any immovable assets, as per the affidavit filed by Mr Prasad in his nomination papers.
There are no outstanding loans or dues of any bank, financial institutions pending against Mr Prasad or his wife, it said.
Mr Prasad owns three vehicles – Toyota Fortuner, Honda Accord and Scorpio SUV worth Rs. 48,70,513 while his wife possess a Honda city car worth Rs. 11.50 lakh, the affidavit said.
Maya Shankar possess 550 gram of gold worth Rs. 17.05 lakh while the Law minister has 20 gram of gold worth Rs. 62,400.
Mr Prasad, who is a well-known Supreme Court lawyer, did his graduation and post-graduation from Patna College and he completed his LLB from Patna Law College in 1976-79.
