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81 per cent winning candidates in Bihar polls are crorepatis

The number of crorepatis in this years election was higher than the 2015 Bihar Assembly polls when 162 (67 per cent) winning MLAs had declared their assets in crores.

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RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. File Pic

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. File Pic

A detailed analysis of affidavits of 241 winning candidates in Bihar Assembly elections shows that 194 (81 per cent) of them have assets in crores.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is among the major political parties with maximum number of crorepatis followed by Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-- single-largest party-- and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United (JDU).

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