Lok Sabha Election 2024: Voting is to be held on four seats of Odisha in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Voting will be held on Nabarangpur, Behrampur, Koraput and Kalahandi seats on May 13. A total of 37 candidates are in the fray from these four seats and 17 of them have assets worth more than Rs 1 crore. The special thing is that the main contest on all four seats is between BJP and BJD and both the parties have given tickets only to crorepati candidates.
Here 46 percent candidates are crorepatis. Three Congress leaders are also included in these. The surprising thing is that Odisha is one of the poorest states in the country, but the candidates of every party here are millionaires. Four independent candidates, one candidate each from Bharatiya Vikas Parishad and NABA Bharat Nirman Seva Party are also crorepatis.
BJP’s Malvika Devi is the richest
According to ADR report, BJP candidate from Kalahandi seat Malvika Devi is the richest. He has assets worth Rs 41.89 crore. Independent candidate from Behrampur V Chandra Shekhar is second in the list. His net worth is Rs 28.70 crore. Bharatiya Vikas Parishad leader Rajendra Dalabehera from Behrampur is at third place in the list. He has a total of Rs 10.30 crore.
Only one woman among 37 candidates
According to the report, SUCI candidate Pramila Pujari from Koraput is the poorest. His net worth is Rs 20,625. The highest loan of Rs 3.82 crore is on BJP candidate from Behrampur, Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi. There are 14 candidates whose total education is between 5th to 12th. 22 candidates have a Bachelor’s degree and only one candidate can read and write and has categorized himself as literate. Among these 37 candidates, only one is a woman and she is the richest candidate. At the same time, 19 percent of the leaders have said that criminal cases are registered against them.
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