Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is the richest Chief Minister in the country, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW). The ADR and NEW released a report on Monday detailing the assets of 31 Chief Ministers in the country.
The report stated that Chandrababu Naidu has the highest assets of Rs 931 crore. The report revealed that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has the highest number of criminal cases. Out of a total of 89 cases against him, 72 of them are serious cases registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the report stated. Out of the total 31 Chief Ministers, 13 have declared criminal cases against them.
The total assets of the 31 Chief Ministers are Rs 1,630 crore. The report stated that the average assets of all of them are Rs 52.59 crore. The average income of CMs is Rs. 13,64,310 per year. This is 7.3 times higher than the average per capita income of the country.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the least assets among all the Chief Ministers. She has only Rs. 15 lakh. After Chandrababu Naidu, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu (Rs. 332 crore) and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (Rs. 51 crore) are the richest Chief Ministers.
After Mamata Banerjee, Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah (Rs. 55 lakh) and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan (Rs. 1. 18 crore) are the least wealthy. Meanwhile, the three richest Chief Ministers are also at the top of the list in terms declared liabilities. Pema Khandu has the highest liabilities of all with more than Rs. 182 crore, while Siddaramaiah has Rs. 23 crores and Chandrababu Naidu has Rs. 10 crores.
There are serious criminal cases against 10 Chief Ministers, including attempt to murder, kidnapping, bribery and criminal intimidation. The report states that Revanth Reddy has cases against him for charges such as criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506), IPC Section-505(2), making provocative statements (IPC Section-505), cheating, fraudulent inducement to surrender property (IPC Section-420), giving false information in accounts (IPC Section-477A), insulting religion or causing provocation to religion (Section-295A). Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is in second place with 47 cases after Revanth Reddy.
