Chandrababu Naidu declares assets, 3-year-old grandson 6 times richer
HYDERABAD: The total assets of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and his family has spiked by over 12.5 crore in a year, his son Nara Lokesh declared on Wednesday evening. Mr Naidu has been voluntarily disclosing his family's assets and liabilities every year for the last 8 years, in a show of transparency.
Earlier this year, an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms had found Mr Naidu to be the richest Chief Minister of the country with declared assets of Rs. 177 crore in his election affidavit.
But going by the 68-year-old chief minister's voluntary disclosure, based on the rates at which assets were acquired, in over a year, the value of the Naidu family's combined assets has touched Rs. 81.83 crore from Rs. 69.28 crore -- a jump of Rs. 12.55 crore.
The assets of Mr Naidu have gone up from Rs. 2.53 crore to nearly Rs. 3 crore. His wife's assets however, have grown significantly - from Rs. 25 crore to Rs. 31 crore. Properties in the name of Nara Lokesh -- Mr Naidu's son and the state's information minister -- and the Chief Minister's minor grandson Devaansh, has showed similar growth.
Nara Lokesh's assets, worth Rs. 15.21 crore last year, stand at Rs. 21.40 crore now. The value of the property in the name of his three-year-old son Devaansh has gone up to Rs. 18.71 crore against last year's Rs. 11.54 crore.
Last year, when the businessman-turned-politician contested in the Legislative Council elections, he had declared assets worth Rs. 330 crore -- up from less than Rs. 15 crore a few months before. The 35-year-old said the jump was because his voluntary disclosure was done taking the face value of shares, which is the rate at which he acquired them. But in the election affidavit, he declared their market value.
The value of the assets his wife Brahmini, however, has taken a nosedive. From last year's Rs.15.01 crore, it now stands at Rs. 7.72 crore.
Mr Naidu has been outspoken about a series of raids by the Income Tax department on various state leaders. These raids, he said, were evidence of "political vendetta". His minister K Srinivasalu had alleged that the raids were meant to deter development in the state.
He also said the raids were creating panic among investors and businessmen, and were a great hindrance for tourists from outside the state.
courtesy : ndtv.com
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Edited photo of Actor Prakash Raj taking dip at Maha Kumbh Mela goes viral, complaint filed
Bengaluru: Actor Prakash Raj on Tuesday clarified that a photo of him taking a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh Mela, which is doing rounds across social media platforms, was fake. The multilingual actor has filed a police complaint against the miscreants in this regard.
The digitally manipulated image was posted by an account named Prashant Sambaragi, captioned: "Actor Prakash Raj at the Kumbh Mela. He bathed in the Triveni Sangam. Let's hope that his sins are washed away." The image also bizarrely showed the actor’s hand blending into an artificial design, suggesting the use of AI editing.
Taking to ‘X,’ actor Prakash Raj clarified that it was fake news. He stated, "Fake news. The job of the cowardly army of the 'False King' is to spread fake news and defile even their holy worship. A police complaint has been filed. Let's see what they do in the courtroom."
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