Several of the political dynasts contesting the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections own swanky cars and gold and silver worth crores, their election affidavits show. The richest among these dynasts is former Deputy Chief Minister and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala, who is contesting from Uchana Kalan. He has declared assets worth Rs 122.48 crore – Rs 44.03 crore movable and Rs 78.54 crore immovable – with sources of income listed in his poll affidavit as “agriculture, salary and business”. While Dushyant owns a Toyota Fortuner, he and his wife collectively own 5.6 kg of gold worth Rs 4.14 crore and diamonds worth Rs 2.63 crore. The JJP chief’s brother Digvijay and the party’s candidate from Dabwali, along with his spouse, has declared assets worth Rs 102.17 crore. While he owns a Range Rover, the couple owns 4.6 kg of gold worth Rs 3.4 crore and diamonds worth Rs 1.96 crore. Digvijay, like his brother, has also listed “agriculture, salary and business” as his sources of income. Arjun, Dushyant and Digvijay’s cousin and the son of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Chautala, is the party nominee from the Rania seat. He has declared assets worth Rs 45.98 crore while listing “agriculture and business” as his sources of income. He owns a Hummer and with his wife, collectively owns 2.8 kg of gold worth Rs 2 crore and diamonds worth Rs 3.9 crore. BJP’s Tosham candidate and former CM Bansi Lal’s granddaughter Shruti Choudhary, who recently crossed over from the Congress along with her mother Kiran, owns a BMW X1 and Mini Cooper along with her spouse. Together, the couple also owns 10.95 kg of gold, diamonds, and precious stones, besides 75 kg of silver, all worth Rs 10.09 crore. She has declared assets worth Rs 104.32 crore, of which Rs 44.11 crore are movable. Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh’s daughter Aarti has declared assets worth Rs 68.26 crore. The BJP’s Ateli candidate, Aarti has 1.9 kg of gold worth Rs 1.29 crore besides diamond jewellery worth Rs 10.69 lakh. Aditya Surjewala, the son of Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala and party candidate from the family stronghold of Kaithal, has declared assets worth Rs 20.09 crore and owns gold and jewellery worth Rs 91.25 lakh along with his wife. With “business” as his source of income and total assets worth Rs 6.96 crore, grandson of former CM Bhajan Lal, Bhavya Bishnoi does not own any vehicle but collectively with his wife, the BJP’s Adampur candidate owns 1.4 kg of gold worth Rs 1.05 crore. Chander Mohan, the Congress’ Panchkula candidate and Bhajan Lal’s son, has declared assets worth Rs 80.47 crore and is the owner of a Mercedes Benz car. With sources of income as “social work, bank interest and pension”, the four-time MLA collectively owns 1.1 kg gold worth Rs 85 lakh with his wife. Former Union Minister Birender Singh jumped ship from the BJP to the Congress along with his son Brijendra ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Brijendra, a former MP from Hisar, is taking on Dushyant in Uchana Kalan. He and his wife have declared assets worth Rs 26.73 crore including a Toyota Fortuner Legender and an Innova Hycross, among other vehicles. The couple also owns gold and diamonds worth Rs 18.75 lakh and Congress’ Uchana Kalan candidate has listed his sources of income as “salary, rent, interest and capital gain”. INLD nominee from Dabwali and former Deputy PM Devi Lal’s grandson Aditya Sihag has declared assets worth Rs 26.4 crore including gold and diamonds worth Rs 1.18 crore. Anirudh Chaudhary, a former treasurer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Bansi Lal’s grandson has assets worth Rs 21.33 crore including a Toyota Fortuner and Toyota Innova Hycross besides gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 55.57 lakh. The Congress’s Tosham nominee has listed business, consultancy and directorship in companies as his source of income. Abhay Singh Chautala, Devi Lal’s grandson and INLD’s Ellenabad candidate, who has declared assets worth Rs 61.01 crore, owns seven vehicles including two Toyota Land Cruisers, 2.9 kg gold worth Rs 2.07 crore and diamonds worth Rs 45 lakh. He has listed “agriculture and business” as his sources of income. Former BJP minister-turned-rebel Ranjit Singh Chautala, who is contesting as an Independent from Rania, has declared total assets worth Rs 23.98 crore. Apart from the Ford Endeavor and Toyota Fortuner, Devi Lal’s son owns gold and diamonds worth Rs 61 lakh, four buffaloes and three cows. He has listed his source of income as “agriculture, salary and pension”.
