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TDP's Chandrashekhar Pemmasani is the richest candidate among any party's candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections. Who has assets worth Rs 5705 crore. The ADR report has revealed that Chandrashekhar is the richest among the total 8360 candidates who filed nominations in the Lok Sabha elections. He is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Guntur seat of Andhra Pradesh.
BJP's Konda Reddy is the second richest leader
BJP's Konda Vishweshwar Reddy also has assets worth Rs 4568 crore. He is the second richest leader among all the candidates. Reddy is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Chevella seat in Telangana. At the third position is BJP's Pallavi Srinivas Dempo, whose estimated assets are Rs 1361 crore and he is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Goa. Whereas BJP candidate from Kurukshetra, Haryana and industrialist Naveen Jindal has assets worth Rs 1241 crore.
This report was prepared by ADR
Nakul Nath, Congress candidate from Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh and son of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, has assets worth Rs 716 crore. This report has been prepared by ADR on the basis of asset declaration made by the candidates before the Election Commission. TDP candidate from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, Prabhakar Reddy also has assets worth Rs 716 crore. Other top rich candidates include AIADMK's Ashok Kumar at Rs 662 crore, Congress's Star Chantu at Rs 622 crore, D. K. Suresh has Rs 593 crore, BJP candidate and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Nath Scindia has Rs 424 crore, BJD's Santrapta Mishra has Rs 482 crore, Congress' Chhatrapati Shahu has Rs 342 crore, BJP's Mathura candidate Hema Malini has Rs 278 crore.