India’s poorest CM is poorer than his wife

Manik Sarkar, who is contesting from the Dhanpur constituency, has no cultivable land or homestead.

A file photo of Manik Sarkar.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who is running for the fifth consecutive term, has a total of ₹3,930 in cash and a bank account and has never filed an income-tax return, says the election affidavit submitted by him along with his nomination papers on Monday.

The CPI(M) leader donates his salary to the party and gets ₹5,000 from it as subsistence allowance.

The 69-year-old leader has ₹1,520 in hand and ₹2,410 in his account in a nationalised bank. He does not have any other bank deposit, the affidavit said.

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Mr. Sarkar, who is contesting from the Dhanpur constituency, has no cultivable land or homestead.

The Chief Minister’s wife, Panchali Bhattacharya, a retired Central government employee, has ₹20,140 in cash and ₹1,24,101 and ₹86,473.78 in two bank accounts. She has three fixed deposits of ₹2 lakh, ₹5 lakh and ₹2.25 lakh, besides 20 grams of jewellery.

Ms. Bhattacharya inherited 888.35 sq.ft of land and has invested ₹15 lakh for construction there. The current value of the land is ₹21 lakh.