New Delhi: Rekha Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was sworn in as Delhi's Chief Minister on Thursday, February 20, in a grand ceremony held at Ramlila Maidan. Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, has become the fourth woman to hold the position in Delhi.
Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath of office to Gupta and her six cabinet ministers: Parvesh Verma, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Ravindra Kumar Indraj, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Kapil Mishra, and Ashish Sood.
Here's everything you need to know about the six ministers' assets and wealth:
Parvesh Verma
Income: In the fiscal cycle 2023-2024, Verma accrued an income of Rs 19,68,34,100 as per his ITR filing. His spouse Swati Singh, had an income of Rs 91,99,560 in fiscal year 2022-2023.
Assets: Verma and his spouse, at the time of the affidavit, had a total of Rs Rs 2,20,000 and Rs 50,000 in cash, respectively. Verma's deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies amounted to Rs 19,68,98,834.
Verma has a total of Rs 52,75,50,311 in Bonds, Debentures and Shares. Furthermore, he has a total of Rs 17,84,576 in LIC policies.
Possessions: Verma owns a collection of luxury vehicles, including a Toyota Fortuner and Toyota Innova worth Rs 9,04,000 and Rs 36,00,000, respectively. Additionally, he owns gold and jewellery worth Rs 1,25,000.
Kapil Mishra
Income: In the fiscal cycle 2023-2024, Mishra accrued an income of Rs 7,05,900, as per his ITR filing. His spouse Preety Mishra, had an income of Rs 9,40,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023.
Assets: Mishra and his wife, at the time of the affidavit, had a gross total of Rs 2,94,700 movable assets including jewellery and a Toyota Hyrider worth Rs 15,00,000.
The couple has gold jewellery weighing 50 grams, worth Rs 4,05,000. In addition, their immovable assets in the form of residential apartment in Ghaziabad cost Rs 49,00,000. They're self-acquired assets cost Rs 80,00,000.
Liabilities: Mishra has total liabilities of Rs 19,28,758, including loans from banks and financial institutions; his spouse, Rs 29,28,758.
Ashish Sood
Income: In the fiscal cycle 2023-2024, Sood accrued an income of Rs 17,44,990, as per his ITR filing. His spouse Anupam Sood, had an income of Rs 25,47,660 in the same fiscal year.
Assets: Sood and his spouse, at the time of the affidavit, had Rs 47,938 and Rs 8,320 cash in hand, respectively.
The couple's deposits in banks, financial Institutions and non-banking financial companies amounted to Rs 91,11,593 and Rs 3,04,91,659 respectively.
Liabilities: Sood has total liabilities of Rs 19,28,758, including loans from banks and financial institutions; his spouse, Rs 29,28,758.
Ravinder Kumar
Income: In the fiscal cycle 2023-2024, Kumar accrued an income of Rs 20,64,863, as per his ITR filing. His spouse Manisha Dass, had an income of Rs 14,49,203 in the same fiscal year.
Assets: Kumar and his spouse, at the time of the affidavit, had Rs 48,800 and Rs 39,450 cash in hand, respectively. Kumar's deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies amounted to over Rs 16,31,05,000.
Kumar has a total of Rs 3,13,740 in Bonds, Debentures and Shares. Furthermore, he has a total of Rs 3,13,740 in LIC policies.
Possessions: Kumar owns three luxury vehicles worth Rs 36,45,780 in total. Additionally, he owns jewellery worth Rs 5,21.400 and weapons worth Rs 82,500.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa
Income: In the fiscal cycle 2023-2024, Sirsa accrued an income of Rs 12,67,20,616 as per his ITR filing. His spouse Satwinder Kaur Sirsa, had an income of Rs 5,25,800 in the same fiscal year.
Assets: Sirsa and his spouse, at the time of the affidavit, had Rs 3,69,123 and Rs 2,10,000 cash in hand, respectively. Sirsa's deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies amounted to over Rs 2,10,000.
Sirsa has a total of Rs 4,42,89,151 in Bonds, Debentures and Shares. Furthermore, he has a total of Rs 1,58,128 in LIC policies.
Possessions: Sirsa owns six luxury vehicles worth Rs 55,790,512 in total. Additionally, he owns jewellery worth Rs 98,50,000, weapons worth Rs 3,70,000 and laptops worth Rs 2,60,000.
Pankaj Kumar
Income: In the fiscal cycle 2023-2024, Kumar accrued an income of Rs 3,87,330 as per his ITR filing. His spouse Rashmi Kumari Singh, had an income of Rs 14,33,440 in the same fiscal year.
Assets: Kumar and his spouse, at the time of the affidavit, had Rs 65,500 and Rs 1,25,000 cash in hand, respectively. Kumar's deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies amounted to over Rs 2,40,65,489.
Kumar has a total of Rs 3,13,740 in Bonds, Debentures and Shares. Furthermore, he has a total of Rs in LIC policies.
Possessions: Kumar's spouse owns a Maruti XL6 worth Rs 13,29,160. Additionally, he owns jewellery worth Rs 1,20,000.
(With inputs from the affidavits available on the Election Commission of India's official website.)
