Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is just another upper-middle-class Delhi-ite, going by the list of assets she has declared while filing her nomination for the assembly election on December 1.
Aside from her financial investments and bank balance, Dikshit currently holds just Rs 30,000 in cash, 30gm of gold worth Rs 15,000, and one flat worth Rs 2,15,200. What's more, the chief minister is yet to own a car.
The Congress politician, who is tipped by almost every psephologist and punter to return as Delhi's chief minister for a second successive term, filed her nomination today from her favourite Gole Market constituency and submitted the mandatory affidavit giving details of her possessions.
This is what she has disclosed in the affidavit:
Sheila Dikshit, 65, is wife of the late Vinod Kumar Dikshit and resident of AB-17, Mathura Road, New Delhi
Has no criminal record
Cash -- Rs 30,000
Bank balance as on 10.11.2003 -- Rs 1,23,424
Deposit in SBI bank -- Rs 1,25,000
FD Security Investment Ltd -- Rs 1,50,000
ICICI Money Multiplier Bonds -- Rs 8,000
IND Tax Shield 'B' Bond -- Rs 10,000
ICICI Tax-saving bond -- Rs 70,000
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund -- Rs 19,800
ICICI Prudential Fund -- Rs 22,650
CEAT Financial Services -- Rs 3,328
Apollo Tyres -- Rs 1,36,500
Daurala Organics -- Rs 4,215
RBI Relief Bonds -- Rs 2,00,000
PNB Relief Bonds -- Rs 14,50,000
UTI MIP -- Rs 1,50,000
Public Provident Fund -- Rs 6,32,207
LIC -- Rs 1,89,444
No vehicle
Thirty grammes of gold jewellery worth Rs 15,000
Gemstones worth Rs 55,000
Eight kilograms of silver utensils worth Rs 63,000
No agricultural land
No non-agricultural land or building
One-floor flat in Nizamuddin neighbourhood of 1,570 square feet worth Rs 2,15,200
Thus, the total value of the assets the chief minister owns is just under Rs 37 lakh [approximately US $81,600].
The affidavit says Dikshit studied in the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi, and did her matriculation from the Punjab Board in 1953. She completed her master's degree in history from the prestigious Miranda House college of Delhi University.
Her rival, former chief minister Madan Lal Khurana of the Bharatiya Janata Party, had submitted his nomination on Wednesday. Here is what he declared:
Cash Rs 54,140 (Wife has Rs 30,000)
Bank deposit -- Rs 87,379 (Wife has Rs 3,66,733)
A Cielo car manufactured in 1998 and currently valued at Rs 90,000
Jewellery worth Rs 72,000 (Wife has jewellery worth Rs 2,10,000)
Other assets worth Rs 11,88,962 (Wife has other assets worth Rs 2,35,203)
A house in Kirti Nagar which has a current value of Rs 45 lakh
Khurana's total adds up to a little over Rs 68 lakh [US $150,000].
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