Rae Bareli: Congress president Sonia Gandhi neither has a car of her own nor does she have enough cash. And she has to repay a loan of Rs9 lakh too.
This and more has been revealed in her affidavit filed before the returning officer of Rae Bareli where she filed her papers yesterday for the Lok Sabha election.
In a detailed break up of her assets and wealth, the UPA chairperson has sworn that she has Rs85,000 in cash and is under a debt of Rs9 lakh.
She, however, has Rs66 lakh in bank accounts and ancestral jewellery worth Rs23 lakh.
Informed sources privy to the affidavit said that the four-time MP from Uttar Pradesh has made investment worth Rs12 lakh in mutual funds and holds some shares as well.
Sonia Gandhi has also declared ownership of 1.267kg of gold in the form of ornaments and others plus 88kg of silver, largely silverware. During the last general elections, her affidavit showed 2.518kg of gold in her possession.
She owns 3.21 acres of land costing Rs4.86 crore in village Dera Mandi and Sultanpur in Delhi. Compared with her 2009 affidavit, Sonia Gandhi’s cash holdings have witnessed an increase of Rs10,000 over five years. Her UCO bank account earlier showed Rs28.61 lakh in her account.
Sonia Gandhi holds RBI bonds in her name and 10 shares of Maruti Technical Services Pvt Ltd. In 2009, she owned 500 shares of Western India Tanneries Ltd. Her affidavit shows she has no apartment or house in her name in India though there is an ancestral property in Italy, her birth place.
The UPA chairperson arrived to a rousing welcome in Rae Bareli along with her son and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Earlier, beginning from the Fursatganj airstrip, Congress activists and residents showered her with rose petals.
IANS
