Naveen Patnaik 3rd richest CM in country, Andhra CM tops list with Rs 510 cr assets

By Prabhat Singh

Bhubaneswar, April 13: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik is the third richest among the chief ministers in the country with total movable and immovable assets of Rs 63 crore.

As per the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy tops the list with total assets to the tune of Rs 510 crore.

Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu is the second richest CM in the country with a total asset of 163 crore.

As per the ADR report, out of the all 30 CMs analysed from State Assemblies and Union Territories, 13 (43 per cent) chief ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Odisha is the second richest regional political party in India, revealed the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in its earlier report. DMK is the richest in the country.

The BJD has the second-highest income of Rs 307.288 crore which is 25.33 per cent of the total income of all the parties analysed, marginally behind DMK which has the highest income at Rs 318.745 crore.

The TRS reported its income at Rs 218.112 crore or 17.98 per cent of the total income.