Delhi Elections today: Gold, Wagon R, cash, and more – a peek into net worth of 5 top AAP leaders
Delhi Elections: As Delhi votes in the 2025 elections, the financial disclosures of AAP's top leaders reveal a mix of modest and substantial wealth.
Delhi Election 2025: Delhi is voting on all 70 assembly seats today.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Arvind Kejriwal, is seeking a straight third term in power. AAP is up against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in today's elections.
Mint takes a look at the net worth of top five leaders as declared in their affidavits:
Arvind Kejriwal – No car or house
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal is party's candidate from New Delhi seat in today's Delhi Assembly elections. Kejriwal has been winning from the seat for the last three assembly elections.
Kejriwal has declared a family net worth of ₹4.2 crore. This includes his personal assets worth ₹1.73 crore.
Kejriwal, who resigned as chief minister of Delhi in September 2024, has declared movable assets worth ₹3.4 lakh. This includes ₹2.96 lakh as bank savings. Kejriwal has immovable assets worth ₹1.7 crore and has declared cash in hand of ₹50,000. Kejriwal also has assets worth ₹2.8 lakh in the form of FDRs, term deposits and savings in SBI.
Kejriwal doesn't own a vehicle or a house. He owns non-agricultural land with a current market value of ₹1.7 crore in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad. His wife owns a Baleno car and has declared ownership of a house in Gurugram valued at ₹1.5 crore.
Kejriwal's annual income in 2019-20 was ₹1.57 lakh, which rose to ₹7.2 lakh in 2023-24. The annual income of former Delhi CM was ₹44.9 Lakh in 2020-21. It showed a dip since then. In 2023-24, the annual income of the former chief minister was ₹7.2 Lakh.
Atishi - ₹1 lakh worth gold
Chief Minister Atishi has declared a net worth of ₹76.93 lakh as movable assets. This includes cash in hand of ₹30,000 and gold jewellery worth ₹1 lakh. Atishi has about ₹75 lakh in banks.
The Delhi Chief Minister doesn't own a car or a house, the affidavit says. Atishi's income in 2023-24 was ₹9,62,860, while it was ₹4,72,680 in 2022-23.
Atishi replaced Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Minister of Delhi after he stepped down form the post in September last year.
Manish Sisodia - ₹25,000 cash in hand
Former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is AAP candidate from Jangpura seat. Manish has been representing Patparganj assembly segment since 2013.
Sisodia has declared a family net worth of ₹1.4 crore. This includes assets worth ₹57.43 lakh in his name and ₹82.87 lakh in his wife Seema Sisodia's name.
Sisodia filed his nomination papers on Thursday for the upcoming Assembly elections.
Sisodia has declared movable assets worth ₹34.43 lakh in his name. This includes ₹25,000 cash in hand, a Max Life Insurance worth ₹12,200 and rest of the money – about ₹34 lakh in bank accounts.
Sisodia declared immovable assets worth ₹23 lakh, which is primarily the value of a residential flat in Vasundara, Ghaziabad.
Manish's annual income in 2019-20 was ₹2.89 lakh which went up to ₹11.95 lakh in 2023-24. His wife's income in 2023-24 was ₹78,020, according to the affidavit.
Saurabh Bharadwaj – a Royal Enfield
Delhi government minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj has declared a family net worth of ₹ 1.48 crore. This includes ₹ 63 lakh movable assets and ₹ 85 lakh immovable assets. Bharadwaj is a candidate from Greater Kailash seat in South Delhi.
Bharadwaj won the Greater Kailash seat in 2013, 2015 and 2020.
The BJP has fielded Shikha Rai from the seat while the Congress has fielded Garvit Singhvi as its candidate.
Bharadwaj owns a Maruti Suzuki Wagon R with a declared market value of ₹22,185 and a Royal Enfield two wheeler with a market value of ₹2,200.
He owns gold jewellery worth ₹10.65 lakh. Bharadwaj has a house in Chirag Delhi area of South Delhi.
Satyendra Jain - land in Meerut
Senior AAP leader Satyendra Jain is perhaps the richest leader among top names in the party. Jain is party's candidate from Shakur Basti, a seat that he has won in past three elections.
Jain, the former health minister, has declared family assets worth ₹8.8 crore. This includes ₹3.2 crore movable and ₹5.6 immovable assets, according his election affidavit.
Jain doesn't own a car. He has gold worth ₹7.4 lakh. Jain owns agricultural land valued at ₹1.5 crore in Palla village of Delhi. He also has non-agricultural land in Meerut with a declared value of ₹12 lakh.
Jain has declared ownership of two houses in Pitampura in his name. The total current value of these two houses is ₹4.12 crore
- The financial status of political leaders can significantly impact public perception and trust.
- Transparency in declaring assets is crucial for electoral integrity and accountability.
- The rising incomes of AAP leaders over the years suggest a growing financial stability within the party.
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