JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy and wife have Rs 217.21 crore assets; she is richer
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anitha have total assets of about Rs 217.21 crore, according to the affidavit he submitted along nomination on Thursday as candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha seat.
The couple declared liabilities of about Rs 82.17 crore. Former MLA Anitha is richer than 65-year-old Kumaraswamy, son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, with total assets worth Rs 154.39 crore. Kumaraswamy's total assets are worth about Rs 54.65 crore; he also has assets from HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) in his name worth about Rs 8.17 crore.
The former Chief Minister, a Bachelor of Science (BSc) graduate, has declared himself to be a social worker, politician and agriculturist.
Anitha has business and rental income, as she is an entrepreneur engaged in business of petrol and petroleum products in the name of Nikhil & Co and she is a director in Kasthuri Media Pvt Ltd.
Kumaraswamy has three pending criminal cases against him. He owns no car, but has a tractor worth Rs 12.55 lakh, while Anitha has a car worth Rs 11.15 lakh from Nikhil & Co. Kumaraswamy has gold worth Rs 47.06 lakh and diamond worth Rs 2.60 lakh, while Anitha has them worth Rs 2.41 crore and Rs 33.09 lakh, respectively.
The JD(S) state President has agricultural lands worth Rs 37.48 crore and and his residence at JP Nagar third phase here is worth Rs 6.46 crore. Kumaraswamy also has a share in commercial building from HUF which is worth about Rs 6.97 crore. Anitha has agricultural lands worth Rs 28.38 crore and has two commercial buildings worth Rs 35.69 crore, according to the affidavit.
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Women BJP MLAs protest against opposition in UP assembly premises
Lucknow (PTI): Women BJP MLAs held a protest in the Vidhan Bhawan complex before the one-day special session of Uttar Pradesh assembly, slamming the opposition for defeating the passage of a bill, which would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Law, in the Lok Sabha.
This followed another demonstration by Samajwadi Party MLAs, who alleged that the BJP was misleading public in the name of women's reservation.
The women BJP legislators assembled in front of Chaudhary Charan Singh's statue in the assembly premises, holding banners inscribed with the slogan "Insult to Matrushakti (women's power), India will not tolerate it". The protesting members entered the main hall of Vidhan Bhawan carrying the banners.
Participating in the protest, the state Minister for Women Welfare and Child Development, Baby Rani Maurya, told reporters that all opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, had opposed the women's reservation, a stance for which they would have to pay a heavy political price.
"On this issue, all of us women stand united. We will ensure that we secure our reservation," she said.
BJP MLA Ketki Singh remarked that their protest represents the collective outrage of millions of women across the state.
Singh asserted that the opposition has betrayed women by creating hurdles in the path of women's reservation. The current demonstration is merely the beginning, and very soon, women from every street, intersection and household will join the protest movement, she said.
Minister Vijaylakshmi Gautam said, "We strongly condemn the despicable act committed by the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in an attempt to hold back 'half the population' (women). Their action was directed against the very bill that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had introduced to empower and strengthen Nari Shakti (women's power), and which he strived to pass expeditiously."
Uttar Pradesh assembly is holding a one-day special session on Thursday. During the session, the government is set to move a censure motion against the opposition parties over their failure to pass the Constitution Amendment Bill, which would have led to implementation of the Women's Reservation Act, in the Lok Sabha.
