Election candidate worth 6,800 crore!

“I wanted to be honest,” G. Deepak Reddy, candidate in the June 12 by-election to the Rayadurg constituency in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district, told The Hindu. “So I stated the facts.” The facts are as startling as the honesty. The 39-year-old Telugu Desam Party candidate's election affidavit states his worth as being close to Rs. 6,800 crore, all told. That is the highest figure ever declared by a candidate in Indian elections — Parliament or Assembly — since the practice of filing affidavits with these details was enforced in 2004.

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