Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd as Union Home Minister Amit Shah (right) and others watch after filing his nomination for Lok Sabha elections, in Varanasi, on Tuesday, May 14. PTI
Here's Modi's poll affidavit; PM shares his mobile number, has no car, land, house
No criminal case is pending against Modi, nor has he been convicted of any crime, according to the document. There are no liabilities due to the government
According to his election affidavit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assets amounting to a little over Rs 3 crore, most of them in bank fixed deposits.
As required, Modi submitted the affidavit while filing his nomination papers Tuesday (May 14) as an election candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency, a seat he has held twice earlier.
As per the affidavit displayed on the Election Commission (EC) website, his movable assets are worth Rs 3,02,06,889. Most of this amount is in the form of fixed deposits with the State Bank of India that total over 2.85 crore.
Other assets include four gold rings weighing 45 grams valued at Rs 2.67 lakh, cash in hand totaling Rs 52,920, National Savings Certificates worth Rs 9.12 lakh and income tax deduction of Rs 3.33 lakh for the past financial year.
Under “immovable assets”, the affidavit says "Nil". Typically, land and houses fall under this category. Jashodaben is mentioned as Modi’s spouse. On assets held by her, the document says "Not known". The two live apart.
No criminal case is pending against Modi, nor has he been convicted of any crime, according to the document. There are no liabilities due to the government.
The prime minister is described as a resident of Ahmedabad, and his profession as public life and political activity. He also shared his contact details with his mobile phone number.
He did his SSC in 1967, got a BA degree from Delhi University in 1978 and an MA from Gujarat University in 1983.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Modi had declared assets worth Rs 2.5 crore including a residential plot in Gujarat's Gandhinagar, fixed deposits of Rs 1.27 crore and Rs 38,750 cash in hand.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he disclosed total assets of Rs 1.65 crore.
The PM has a website and is on Facebook, microblogging site X, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp, according to the affidavit.
Here is PM Modi's poll affidavit that was uploaded on EC's website
(With agency inputs)
