Although the last date of filing nominations is November 11, Kanwar Singh Tanwar is likely to emerge as the richest candidate contesting this year’s Delhi assembly polls. One look at the assets he has declared indicates as much: property and agricultural land worth Rs 150 crore, bank deposits of over Rs 2 crore and a fleet of cars that includes two Prados and two S-class Mercedes Benz (the cars themselves cost Rs 1.6 crore). Tanwar has got his ticket from the Bahujan Samaj Party that claims to represent those at the bottom of the social ladder. With a flourishing medicine business in London and a booming real estate business in...
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