Maharashtra elections: Richest candidate
BJP’s Ghatkopar East candidate in Mumbai, Parag Shah, is the richest candidate in Maharashtra. According to the election affidavit, his property is Rs 3383.06 crore, what is more, his property has increased by 575% in the last 5 years, in the 2019 assembly elections his property was Rs 550.62 crore. Let us tell you that the nomination process for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 has been completed and all the candidates have filed their affidavits in which details of everyone’s assets have also been revealed.
Know who is the richest candidate Parag Shah?
Parag Shah is the sitting BJP MLA from Ghatkopar seat and Shah is also a real estate developer. His many projects are spread across Gujarat and Chennai. In the 2017 BMC elections, he had declared his assets worth Rs 690 crore. His wife Mansi also has assets worth crores which include commercial, residential and agricultural properties. Earlier in the 2019 assembly elections also, Parag Shah was the richest candidate with assets worth more than Rs 500 crore. Along with this, it was revealed in the affidavit that he had movable assets worth Rs 422 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 78 crore.
How educated is Parag Shah, how did he come into politics?
Parag Shah is a commerce graduate from Osmania University and entered Maharashtra politics in the 2017 civic elections. Parag Shah is in the fray from Ghatkopar East seat and BJP is considered to have a strong hold on this seat. In the 2019 assembly elections, Parag Shah got 57 percent votes on this seat and he defeated the MNS candidate by a huge margin. BJP’s Mehta Prakash Manchubhai was successful in winning the 2014 assembly elections.
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