Demonstrators wearing masks of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hold placards during a protest in Guwahati, yesterday.
Guwahati: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh filed his nomination for a fifth consecutive term in the Rajya Sabha here yesterday.
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, who is in charge of Assam, accompanied the prime minister, whose fourth term in the Upper House ends next month.
In his affidavit, Singh revealed that he does not have any cash in hand and owns a 1996 Maruti car, unlike many of his colleagues.
Manmohan Singh stated that his total annual income is Rs40,51,964.
The prime minister also declared his total movable assets to be worth about Rs38m, which includes five fixed deposits and three savings accounts.
Besides this, he holds immovable assets valued at about Rs75m, which include a residential building in Chandigarh and an apartment in Vasant Kunj in New Delhi.
The 1996 model Maruti car owned by the prime minister is valued at just Rs21,033, revealed the affidavit.
However, the prime minister’s wife Gursharan Kaur has Rs20,000 in cash.
She has movable assets worth Rs20,31,385, including 150.8 gm gold worth Rs345,332. She has Rs16,62,570 in a savings account.
Manmohan Singh’s affidavit also mentioned that he is a resident of house No.3989, Nandan Nagar, in Guwahati’s Sarumotoria locality.
Former Assam chief minister late Hiteswar Saikia had rented the house to him in 1991 when Manmohan Singh sought nomination to Rajya Sabha from the state.
Manmohan Singh arrived at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in the morning and headed straight for the state assembly to file his papers. There was some trouble with student bodies and political parties hoisting black flags and staging demonstrations. IANS
