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Sivia 5th richest candidate in Punjab Feb 18th 2022, 02:32 Nitin Jain Ludhiana, February 17 Randhir Singh Sivia of the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) from Ludhiana North is the fifth richest candidate in the state with his declared assets amounting to Rs 111.17 crore. He is among the 69 of the total 175 contestants in the poll fray in Ludhiana whose declared assets are above Rs 1 crore. Sivia (54), who had finished third from Ludhiana North in 2017, is almost 10 times richer than his party's supremo Atam Nagar MLA Simarjit Singh Bains and 12 times wealthier than Simarjit's Ludhiana South MLA brother Balvinder Singh Bains. The multi-millionaire nominee's assets include Rs 110.8 crore immovable and Rs 37.36 lakh worth movable assets. The under-matric richest candidate in Ludhiana is, however, less wealthy than four other candidates in the state. Those richer than Sivia in the state are Kulwant Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Mohali, whose worth is Rs 238.53 crore, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal from Jalalabad worth Rs 202.64 crore, Karan Kaur of the Congress from Muktsar worth Rs 155.41 crore and Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh of the Congress from Kapurthala worth Rs 125. 64 crore. In Ludhiana, Jasdeep Kaur Yadu of the SAD from Khanna is the second richest candidate with declared assets amounting to Rs 40.31 crore. She is placed on 21st rank among the wealthiest contestants in the state. Among other crorepati candidates in the district, MLA Surinder Kumar Dawar of the Congress from Ludhiana Central is worth Rs 34.56 crore, MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali of the SAD from Dakha worth Rs 29.71 crore, Rupinder Singh Raja Gill of the Congress from Samrala worth Rs 27.29 crore, Gurpreet Singh Bhatti of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Khanna worth Rs 27.19 crore, Harish Rai Dhanda of the SAD from Atam Nagar worth Rs 26.08 crore, MLA Kuldeep Singh Vaid (Bulara) of the Congress from Gill worth Rs 24.56 crore, Harpreet Singh Garcha of the SAD (Sanyukt) from Sahnewal worth Rs 23.47 crore, Independent candidate Malwinder Singh Guron from Sahnewal worth Rs 21.47 crore, Kulwant Singh Sidhu of the AAP from Atam Nagar worth Rs 17.27 crore, Congress MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon, who is contesting as an Independent after being denied party ticket from Samrala, worth Rs 16.39 crore, Vikram Singh Bajwa of the Congress from Sahnewal worth Rs 15.78 crore and MLA Sharanjit Singh Dhillon of the SAD from Sahnewal worth Rs 15.4 crore. Tarun Jain Bawa of the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) from Ludhiana West is worth Rs 14.46 crore, Bikram Singh Sidhu of the BJP from Ludhiana West worth Rs 13.94 crore, Sandeep Singh Sandhu of the Congress from Dakha worth Rs 13.62 crore, Independent Jagdeep Singh Gill from Dakha worth Rs 13.53 crore, MLA Simarjit Singh Bains of the LIP from Atam Nagar worth Rs 12.59 crore, Gurdev Sharma Debi of the BJP from Ludhiana Central worth Rs 12.24 crore, Kanwal Nain Singh Kang of the AAP from Dakha worth Rs 11.52 crore, Pritpal Singh Pali of the SAD from Ludhiana Central worth Rs 11.35 crore, Food Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu of the Congress from Ludhiana West worth Rs 10.61 crore, Sucha Ram Ladhar of the BJP from Gill worth Rs 9.87 crore, Sukhwant Singh Tillu of the SSM from Khanna worth Rs 9.78 crore, Ashok Parashar Pappi of the AAP from Ludhiana Central worth Rs 9.09 crore, former MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik of the SAD from Gill worth Rs 9.07 crore, MLA Balvinder Singh Bains of the LIP from Ludhiana South worth Rs 8.84 crore and Satinderpal Singh Tajpuri of the BJP from Ludhiana South worth Rs 7.04 crore. Anil Kumar Goyal of the Insaniyat Lok Vikas Party, who is contesting from Atam Nagar and Ludhiana North, is worth Rs 6.19 crore, Gurpreet Bassi Gogi of the AAP from Ludhiana West worth Rs 5.78 crore, former MLA SR Kaler of the SAD from Jagraon worth Rs 5.55 crore, Balwinder Singh Sandhu of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from Raikot worth Rs 5.55 crore, Gurpal Singh of the SAD (Sanyukt) from Raikot worth Rs 5.37 crore, Hardeep Singh Mundian of the AAP from Sahnewal worth Rs 5.36 crore, Damanjit Singh Thind of the Punjab Lok Congress from Dakha worth Rs 5.36 crore, Ranjit Singh Dhillon of the SAD from Ludhiana East worth Rs 5.34 crore, the SSM supremo Balbir Singh Rajewal from Samrala worth Rs 5.06 crore, Tarunpreet Singh Sond of the AAP from Khanna worth Rs 4.61 crore, Kanwar Narinder Singh of the BJP from Jagraon worth Rs 4.35 crore, Independent Jagtar Singh from Raikot worth Rs 4.17 crore, Prem Mittal of the BJP from Atam Nagar worth Rs 4.14 crore and Industries Minister Gurkirat Singh Kotli of the Congress from Khanna worth Rs 4.08 crore. MLA Rakesh Pandey of the Congress from Ludhiana North is worth Rs 3.78 crore, former minister Maheshinder Singh Grewal of the SAD from Ludhiana West worth Rs 3.77 crore, former Minister Hira Singh Gabria of the SAD from Ludhiana South worth Rs 3.72 crore, Jagmohan Sharma of the BJP from Ludhiana East worth Rs 3.43 crore, Hakam Singh of the AAP from Raikot worth Rs 3.18 crore, Madan Lal Bagga of the AAP from Ludhiana North worth Rs 3.14 crore, Paramjit Singh of the SAD from Samrala worth Rs 3.11 crore, MLA Sanjeev Talwar of the Congress from Ludhiana East worth Rs 2.99 crore, Gurcharan Singh Rajput of the Janata Dal (United) from Sahnewal worth Rs 2.74 crore, Parveen Bansal of the BJP from Ludhiana North worth Rs 2.62 crore, Kamaljit Singh Karwal of the Congress from Atam Nagar worth Rs 2.62 crore, Independent Davinder Singh from Atam Nagar worth Rs 2.56 crore, Sohan Lal of the Samajwadi Party from Samrala worth Rs 2.52 crore, Independent Harkirat Singh from Atam Nagar worth Rs 2.47 crore and Gurmit Singh Mundian of the LIP from Sahnewal worth Rs 2.39 crore. MLA Lakhvir Singh Lakha of the Congress from Payal is worth Rs 2.02 crore, Kamil Amar Singh of the Congress from Raikot worth Rs 1.89 crore, Harpreet Singh of the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party from Dakha worth Rs 1.74 crore, Dr Jaspreet Singh Bija of the BSP from Payal worth Rs 1.66 crore, Jagtar Singh of the AAP from Samrala worth Rs 1.64 crore, Ranjit Singh of the BJP from Samrala worth Rs 1.61 crore, Daljit Singh Grewal Ludhiana East AAP 1.35 crore, Gagandeep, alias Sunny Kainth Gill, of the LIP from Gill worth Rs 1.21 crore, Major Singh of the Bharatiya Jan Jagriti Party from Samrala worth Rs 1.14 crore, Independent Balwinder Sekhon from Ludhiana West is worth Rs 1.05 crore. MOST WEALTHY IN SAHNEWAL Most of the crorepati candidates in Ludhiana district are from the rural Sahnewal Assembly seat. Seven of the total 19 contestants from Sahnewal have declared assets worth over Rs1 crore and two of them are among top 10, ranked at ninth and 10th place in the district. 12 MLAs CROREPATIS Twelve crorepati nominees in the district are MLAs, two of them are Cabinet ministers. LONE WOMAN First-timer Jasdeep Kaur Yadu of the SAD from Khanna, having assets worth Rs40.31 crore, is the lone woman candidate in the crorepati club in the district. She ranks 21st in the state tally of wealthy contestants. Media files: 2022_2$largeimg_1959586545.jpg

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