Bollywood veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan's wife and famous actress Jaya Bachchan has been declared a candidate for Rajya Sabha for the fifth time. Recently he has also filled the nomination form for this. Jaya Bachchan's affidavit has revealed that Amitabh Bachchan has assets much more than the figure of Rs 1500 crore. Samajwadi Party has once again made Jaya Bachchan its candidate for Rajya Sabha.
Apart from Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party has also fielded former MP Ramjilal Suman and former IAS officer Alok Ranjan.
According to media reports, in the affidavit filed by Jaya Bachchan, it has been said that her total wealth in the financial year 2022-23 is Rs 1 crore 63 lakh 56 thousand 190. Whereas in the case of Amitabh Bachchan this figure is Rs 273 crore 74 lakh 96 thousand 590. Both have current assets worth Rs 849.11 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 729.77 crore.
Jaya Bachchan's bank balance is Rs 10 crore 11 lakh 33 thousand 172 and Amitabh Bachchan's bank balance is Rs 120 crore 45 lakh 62 thousand 83. The jewelery owned by Jaya Bachchan is worth Rs 40.97 crore and she has a car worth Rs 9.82 lakh. At the same time, Amitabh Bachchan has jewelery worth Rs 54.77 crore and 16 cars. Its total cost is Rs 17.66 crore.
Elections are to be held on February 27 for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states. SP has announced candidates in Uttar Pradesh. The party has 108 seats in the state with 403 seats. Whereas Bharatiya Janata Party has 252 seats and Congress has two seats.