Haryana: Naveen Jindal, wife declare assets worth nearly Rs 1,000 crore

BJP nominee and industrialist Naveen Jindal, who is contesting from Haryana's Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat, on Thursday filed his nomination papers and declared his and his wife Shallu's movable and immovable assets at about Rs 1,000 crore.

Jindal (54), who filed his nomination before the returning officer in Kurukshetra, also declared that neither he nor his wife owned any vehicle.

Jindal's AAP rival from Kurukshetra Sushil Gupta, who also filed his nomination papers from the constituency on Thursday, has declared his and his wife's movable and immovable assets at around Rs 169 crore.

Jindal, who is the chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited, was accompanied by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini when he went to file his nomination papers.

An MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas in the US, Jindal declared that he and his wife own gold and other jewellery valued at over Rs 40 crore.

In his poll affidavit, Jindal declared his movable assets at Rs 88,673.68 lakh (nearly Rs 886 crore) and that of his wife at Rs 11,461.75 lakh (nearly Rs 114 crore).

The BJP candidate also holds agriculture land in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh measuring 1.628 hectares and non-agriculture land in Dadri measuring 5,058 square feet among the immovable assets, which he has declared at nearly Rs 11 crore while his total liabilities are to the tune of Rs 6.94 crore.

He declared his total income amounting to Rs 74.83 crore for the financial year 2022-23.