Bhubaneshwar: Samrup Mishra (58), former HR director Aditya Birla Group to contest Lok Sabha elections on BJD ticket from Cuttack has announced assets In his poll affidavit, he is worth around Rs 461 crore, making him richest candidate Nominations have been filed so far in Odisha.
Misra joined the BJD in February after opting for voluntary retirement from the Aditya Birla Group. Misra owns movable assets worth Rs 408 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 53 crore, according to the affidavit he submitted while filing his nomination papers on Friday. This includes bank deposits of Rs 4 crore.
Currently, his total investments in mutual funds, alternative investment funds, bonds and stocks are worth around Rs 308 crore. He owns a fleet of luxury cars worth over Rs 23 crore. The affidavit shows that his wife’s movable assets are worth Rs 1,172 crore.
Misra joined the BJD in February after opting for voluntary retirement from the Aditya Birla Group. Misra owns movable assets worth Rs 408 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 53 crore, according to the affidavit he submitted while filing his nomination papers on Friday. This includes bank deposits of Rs 4 crore.
Currently, his total investments in mutual funds, alternative investment funds, bonds and stocks are worth around Rs 308 crore. He owns a fleet of luxury cars worth over Rs 23 crore. The affidavit shows that his wife’s movable assets are worth Rs 1,172 crore.
Misra does not own any real estate in Odisha but owns agricultural land in Maharashtra’s Raigad district and an apartment each in Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Another ultra-rich politician caught up in the controversy is former Union minister and BJP nominee from Rourkela assembly seat Dilip Ray (71), with the Delhi High Court recently upholding the 1999 Jharkhand ruling His conviction in the state coal block allocation scam qualified him for election.
BJD candidate Sanatan Mahakud, who hails from the mineral-rich Champua assembly seat, declared assets worth nearly Rs 152 crore.
