
The total assets of BJP national president Amit Shah has grown from Rs 34.31 crore in 2017 to Rs 38.81 crore in 2019. The figure was disclosed in Shah’s affidavit when he filed his nomination for Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday.
Notably, Shah has mentioned a total of four criminal cases pending against him, two each in West Bengal and Bihar.
The second criminal case pending against Shah in Bengal is of defamation filed by Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, in the year 2018. The case is pending before a magisterial court of Kolkata, following a criminal complaint.
The third criminal case pending against Shah, as per the affidavit, is from Muzaffarpur of Bihar before a magisterial court. In a short description of the alleged offence, Shah has stated that it is related to flag hoisting, while wearing shoes/chappals. It is registered under Section 153 (B) of the IPC, which is related to “imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration”.
The fourth case pending against Shah is from Begusarai district of Bihar. It has been registered under the provisions of the IPC and the Representation of People Act for calling Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav “Chara Chor (fodder thief)” during the 2015 Assembly elections.
Shah has stated in the affidavit that he has not been convicted in any of the cases.
Shah’s affidavit also mentions that he has studied till second year of Bachelor of Science from Gujarat University. He has mentioned social work and farming as his occupation.