A BJP candidate owns assets worth Rs 126 cr, but has no car

BJP candidate from Nagaur in Rajasthan, Jyoti Mirdha has total assets worth Rs 126 crore, but does not own a car.

Mirdha has two licensed weapons, one gun and a pistol. She has properties in Jaipur, Gurugram, Mumbai and Nagaur, which include plots, flats and agricultural farms.

The details were disclosed in the affidavit submitted by her while filing her nomination papers.

She has Rs 1.70 lakh in cash, while her husband has cash worth Rs 1.40 lakh. Jyoti Mirdha's movable assets are less than her husband's. She has movable assets worth Rs 4.23 crore, while her husband has movable assets worth Rs 31.84 crore.

However, the Nagaur candidate from BJP is ahead of her husband in real estate. She has property worth Rs 54.86 crore, while her husband has immovable property worth Rs 35.50 crore. Jyoti Mirdha has taken a loan of Rs 19.84 crore from her husband Narendra Gehlaut, who has a debt of Rs 16.59 crore.

A total of 57.95 lakh is deposited in her three accounts and an amount of Rs 36 lakh, including FD of Rs 6.82 lakh, is deposited in her husband's name. Mirdha has invested Rs 1.98 crore in sovereign gold bonds and Rs 5.98 lakh in shares. Her husband has invested Rs 4 crore in sovereign gold bonds and Rs 5.60 lakh in shares. Mirdha has 2.756 kg of gold jewellery, whose current value is Rs 1.61 crore.

She has 50 per cent share in 10 Bigha land in Jodhpur, half share in seven Bigha, three Bigha land in Sirsi, Jaipur, two acres of land in Raisina village of Gurugram (Haryana), two plots in Kanak Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh), two flats in Mumbai, a plot in Gurugram and four plots in Nagaur (Rajasthan).

Jyoti Mirdha joined the BJP in 2023 and was fielded as a candidate in the Assembly elections by the BJP. However, she lost the polls. Now she is contesting from Nagaur Lok Sabha seat as a BJP candidate and faces Hanuman Beniwal, who is an INDIA bloc candidate. Interestingly, Beniwal contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Nagaur as an RLP candidate which had an alliance with BJP.

BJP’s ally member found sleeping on stacks of Rs 500 notes in Assam

With Lok Sabha elections around the corner, the picture of a BJP-allied party member in Assam who is found sleeping on a pile of currency notes has gone viral on social media.

According to India Today NE, the leader has been identified as Benjamin Basumatary, a member of the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL).

Basumatary is the Village Council Development Committee Chairman (VCDC) in Bhairaguri, Udalguri district. The UPPL party in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is led by Pramod Boro, and is in alliance with BJP in Assam. 

In the picture, he is seen sleeping semi-nude on a bed covered with stacks of Rs 500 currency notes. Basumatary’s body is also covered with notes. The shocking photo has left the UPPL and the BJP red-faced.

Meanwhile, the Opposition leaders have sought a thorough investigation into the matter and have suggested that Basumatary was involved in corruption.