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Trinamool’s Bhaichung Bhutia declares assets worth over Rs. 17 crore

March 30, 2016 04:52 pm | Updated 05:31 pm IST - Kolkata

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Kolkata, West Bengal. Date: 01/04/014.Former footballer and Trinamool Congress candidate Bhaichung Bhutia is at his poll campaign at Mirik in the Darjeeling. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), so far the most dominant party in the Darjeeling that has been demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland based on ethnicity, has decided to support the BJP in the upcoming elections. S.S. Ahluwalia, the BJP-GJM candidate for the Darjeeling Parliamentary seat is up against CPI(M) led Left Front candidate Suman Pathak; and, another 10 candidates, including independents. Elections to the Darjeeling constituency will take place on April 17. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty

Kolkata, West Bengal. Date: 01/04/014.Former footballer and Trinamool Congress candidate Bhaichung Bhutia is at his poll campaign at Mirik in the Darjeeling. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), so far the most dominant party in the Darjeeling that has been demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland based on ethnicity, has decided to support the BJP in the upcoming elections. S.S. Ahluwalia, the BJP-GJM candidate for the Darjeeling Parliamentary seat is up against CPI(M) led Left Front candidate Suman Pathak; and, another 10 candidates, including independents. Elections to the Darjeeling constituency will take place on April 17. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty

Indian football icon Bhaichung Bhutia, fighting on a Trinamool Congress ticket this Assembly polls in West Bengal, has declared assets worth over Rs. 17 crore.

According to his affidavit filed before the Election Commission, Bhutia earned close to Rs. 35 lakh in 2014-15 financial year.

The Sikkimese player is contesting from Siliguri city in north Bengal and taking on veteran Marxist leader Ashok Bhattacharya, also the mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation.

He owns movable assets worth over Rs. 3.88 crore including an Audi car, jewellery, bank balance and investments.

He is also a shareholder in United Sikkim Football Club of Rs. 6.22 lakh.

Bhutia’s immovable properties include several plots of inherited land in Sikkim and Kolkata valued over Rs. 13.47 crore.

The former captain of Indian football team had in 2014 Lok Sabha polls unsuccessfully contested on a TMC ticket from Darjeeling.

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