New Delhi, January 15: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday filed his nomination for the upcoming assembly elections from the New Delhi constituency, and declared net assets totalling Rs 1.73 crore. According to Kejriwal's affidavit submitted to the Election Commission (EC), his assets include Rs 2.96 lakh in bank savings and Rs 50,000 in cash. His immovable assets are worth Rs 1.7 crore. The affidavit also revealed that Kejriwal owns no house or car.

According to the affidavit, Arvind Kejriwal's income in the financial year of 2023-24 was Rs 7.21 lakh. Sunita Kejriwal's total assets are worth of Rs 2.5 crore, with over Rs 1 crore as movable assets, including 320 grams of gold worth Rs 25 lakh and one kilogram of silver worth Rs 92,000, and Rs 1.5 crore in immovable assets. Trouble for Arvind Kejriwal Ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections, ED Gets MHA Sanction To Prosecute AAP Leader in Money Laundering Case.

Kejriwal's wife owns a house in Gurugram and a small five-seater car, the affidavit said. The couple has a net assets worth Rs 4.23 crore. Arvind Kejriwal, who is contesting from the New Delhi seat, had declared assets worth Rs 3.4 crore in the 2020 election affidavit. It was Rs 2.1 crore in 2015. Arvind Kejriwal Says AAP To Approach EC As Party’s Patparganj Candidate Avadh Ojha Faces Threat of Disqualification Vote Transfer Issue.

Senior AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain also filed his nomination, from the Shakur Basti assembly constituency. According to Jain's affidavit, the net worth of his assets are Rs 4.4 crore, Rs 30.67 lakh worth movable and Rs 4.12 crore worth of immovable assets. Delhi is scheduled to vote in single phase on February 5 and the results will be announced on February 8.

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