Re: [Assam] The jewel in the Assam politician’s crown -The Statesman

[Barua25]

I think it has something to do with your 'a sudro looking for a bamun priest' syndrome.
RB

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ram Sarangapani 
  To: ASSAMNET 
  Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:40 PM
  Subject: [Assam] The jewel in the Assam politician’s crown -The Statesman


  "If an average candidate's wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in possession of some Rs 27 lakh. " - The Statesman 
  And yet, the voting public is extremely happy to re-elect these scoundrels every election cycle.

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  The jewel in the Assam politician's crown
  Statesman News Service 
  GUWAHATI, March 24. — Assam is considered a poor state but its politicians live lavishly — apparently because they are married to wealth. 
  These super-rich wives, not required to work for a living, are the stay-at-home type, deigning sometimes to be associated with voluntary organisations. Or, that is the impression which is being sought to be created. 
  If their husbands have power, they have money; oodles of it, going by 
  affidavits submitted to the Election Commission by the more than 500 candidates in the first phase of the forthcoming Assembly polls. 
  Mandatory declarations indicate that the combined assets of the candidates' wives would be worth Rs 266 crore. 
  The candidates' wealth adds up to a mere Rs 82 crore. And Mr Badarudin Ajmal, perfume mogul who is also the president of the Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF), alone accounts for Rs 16 crore of it. The candidates claim to have an average of Rs 3 lakh in cash to fight 
  the elections but their wives are said to possess between Rs 6.3 lakh 
  and Rs 43 lakh, apart 
  from jewellery and other assets. If an average candidate's wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in possession of some Rs 27 lakh. 
  The candidates' ornaments total Rs 3.10 crore in value; their wives', Rs 35 crore. Most candidates have declared that their wives own houses and land in many places. 




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