While DK Suresh had a 75 percent increase of assets in the last five years, Prajwal Revanna's assets increased four fold.
DK Suresh and Prajwal Revanna. (X)
Congress MP from Bangalore Rural DK Suresh has assets valued at ₹593 crore, a 75 percent increase in the last five years.
Suresh, the younger brother of Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar, had declared assets of ₹339 crore before the 2019 general elections.
A three-time MP who is seeking re-election from Bangalore Rural has ₹16.61 crore in banks as deposits, according to an affidavit he submitted along with the nomination filed on Thursday, 28 March.
The 57-year-old MP has agriculture land at 21 locations worth ₹32.76 crore, non-agriculture land at 27 places worth ₹210.47 crore, nine commercial buildings worth ₹211.91 crore and three residential buildings worth ₹27.13 crore.
He has liabilities of ₹150.06 crore and liabilities under dispute’ of ₹57.27 crore.
Contesting against Suresh is the BJP-JD(S) candidate Dr CN Manjunath.
The noted cardiac surgeon Dr CN Manjunath, is the son-in-law of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and brother-in-law of former Chief Minister and state JD(S) President HD Kumaraswamy, in Bangalore Rural.
Manjunath, who is contesting on BJP symbol, had headed the state-owned Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research for 17 years before retiring in January this year.
Prajwal Revanna, the lone JD(S) MP in Karnataka who has been renominated from Hassan Lok Sabha seat, has declared assets worth ₹40.85 crore, which is a four-fold increase from 2019, according to his election affidavit.
The 34-year-old sitting MP has movable assets worth ₹5.45 crore including deposits, investments, loans given to others and jewellery. He also has immovable assets worth ₹35.84 crore, as per the affidavit.
In 2019 general elections, he declared his total assets valued at ₹9.78 crore.
Prajwal, who is the grandson of former PM Deve Gowda, has a liability of ₹4.49 crore and government dues of ₹3.04 crore.
Prajwal had defeated BJP’s A Manju in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with a margin of over 1.40 lakh votes.
This time, the Congress has fielded 31-year-old Shreyas M Patel, the grandson of former Minister late G Puttaswamy Gowda.
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