Amid the hustle and bustle of the Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has disclosed loss of tax-free bonds worth Rs. 10 lakh purchased from the Indian Railway Finance Corp.
Ms. Gandhi, who has listed these bonds among her assets and investments in the latest election affidavit, has also requested IRFC to issue a duplicate certificate for these bonds.
While filing her nomination for the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh on April 2, Ms. Gandhi had disclosed assets worth over Rs. 9 crore. Of them, she mentioned Rs. 10 lakh worth IRFC bonds in the movable assets list.
In a public announcement published in newspapers, IRFC has now said that letters of allotment/bond certificates pertaining to 86th A Series tax-free bonds have been “reported lost” by Ms. Gandhi. As many as 1,000 bonds worth Rs. 10 lakh have been lost.
As per her affidavit, the Congress president has movable assets worth Rs. 2.81 crore and immovable assets to the tune of Rs. 6.47 crore.
Among the movable assets, Ms. Gandhi has Rs. 85,000 in cash, Rs. 66 lakh in banks, Rs. 10 lakh worth bonds and shares worth Rs. 1.90 lakh.
