Mamata Banerjee discloses her net worth ahead of West Bengal polls. Check details here

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday declared her net worth in an affidavit filed before the Election Commission of India, PTI reported. According to it, Banerjee has a net worth of Rs 16.72 lakh. The leader doesn’t own any vehicle or property and Rs 16.72 lakh accounts for her movable assets.

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Such assets owned by her were worth Rs 30.45 lakh before the assembly election in 2016.

Her income for the year 2019-20 was Rs 10,34,370.

Cash in hand with the chief minister is Rs 69,255 while she has a total bank balance of Rs 13.53 lakh which includes Rs 1.51 lakh in her election expenditure account. She also has a deposit with the National Saving Certificate (NSC) of Rs 18,490.

The affidavit showed that her tax deducted at source (TDS) receivable is Rs 1.85 lakh in the financial year 2019- 20.

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Banerjee owns nine grams of jewellery worth Rs 43,837.

A voter of Bhabanipur assembly constituency in Kolkata, she received a royalty of Rs 930 in 2019-20. Banerjee has a number of books to her credit.

The chief minister has no criminal case pending against her.

She is an MA from the University of Calcutta and also holds an LLB degree.

Banerjee is contesting the upcoming West Bengal polls from Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district and filed her nomination on Wednesday. She is contesting against her protege-turned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Suvendu Adhikari.

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Voting will be held in Nandigram on April 1 in the second of the eight-phase polling. Votes will be counted on May 2.