3 min readPuneFeb 12, 2012 02:35 AM IST
First published on: Feb 12, 2012 at 02:35 AM IST
Shiv Sena’s Barne tops Behl on property chart,NCP’s Nandgude not far off
Shiv Sena’s Shrirang Barne emerged the richest candidate in Pimpri-Chinchwad with collective assets of Rs 23 crore followed by NCP’s Vilas Nandgude with Rs 20 crore. Mayor Yogesh Behl also sprang a surprise declaring assets worth Rs 18 crore,but said he had Rs 14 crore loan.
“My property is actually only Rs 4 crore if you take out the Rs 14 crore loan. I have to pay a huge EMI. I am a developer by profession. I take land,develop it and sell it. I don’t own the land,which runs into crores,” the mayor said.
The mayor has invested Rs 80 lakh in floriculture. He has 15-20 plots of land. “The loan is for taking over property I develop and sell… Every dealing is in cheque and there is nothing to hide,” he said when queried persistently on the huge loan. The mayor is contesting for a fifth term from Sant Tukaram Nagar where his long-time rival Yeshwant Bhosale,an NCP rebel,has locked horns with him. Barne said his collective assets of Rs 23.71 crore includes property worth Rs 14 crore. “All this property belongs to my forefathers who stayed in Thergaon area. I have inherited it…so it should not be made out that I accumulated it,” said Barne,vouching for himself that his dealings are transparent. Barne’s affidavit filed with Thergaon election office shows he has invested Rs 2.73 crore in eight construction companies. His wife has property worth Rs 6.84 crore. Barne is contesting from Panel 51,Thergaon area. Last time he had contested on a Congress ticket. He switched over to Sena on the eve of the assembly elections in 2009. Barne is contesting from Ganeshnagar.
After Barne,NCP’s Vilas Nandgude is the second richest candidate with total assets of Rs 20 crore. Nandgude has a share of Rs 2.86 crore in seven companies and financial institutions. “I also have a loan of Rs 8 crore,” he said. A former corporator and standing committee chairman,Nandgude is contesting from Pimple Nilakh area.
Former mayor R S Kumar,contesting from Bhakti-Shakti panel in Pradhikaran-Nigdi,has assets worth Rs 60 lakh. The five-time corporator fighting his sixth straight election said he has a total liability of Rs 22 lakh. Shiv Sena’s Seema Savle,contesting from Mahatma Phule Nagar,has declared assets only of Rs 10 lakh,one of the lowest.
NCP’s Prashant Shitole,who was on the run last year after an FIR was filed against him for allegedly being involved in a murder case,has assets worth Rs 2.66 crore. He is contesting from Sangvi area.
Rajendra Jagtap,cousin of Laxman Jagtap,has declared asserts worth Rs 6.71 crore,according to the returning officer.
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