According to an ADR analysis, Mamata of West Bengal is the least wealthy chief minister in India, whereas Jagan of Andhra Pradesh is the wealthiest
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Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is the richest CM in the country with assets of Rs 510 crore, while West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee is the only CM who is not a crorepati, Association or Democratic Reforms (ADR), a watch group which works for political and electoral reforms, said in its latest report.
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Telangana CM K C Rao tops the list with the highest number of criminal cases and financial liabilities against his name, the report said. Banerjee, with Rs 15 lakh in assets, has the least wealth among all the CMs, followed by Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan and Haryana's M L Khattar, who have Rs 1.2 crore and Rs 1.3 crore in assets each, respectively, ADR said.
Out of the 30 chief ministers analysed, 29 (97%) are crorepatis with the average assets for each CM working out to Rs 34 crore, ADR said. ADR filed its report after analysing the poll affidavits of CMs of 28 states and two UTs.
ADR said Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu trails Jagan with assets worth Rs 163 crore, followed by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik who has Rs 63 crore in assets. KCR's assets are worth Rs 23 crore, it said.