Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
Union Minister and BJP’s candidate for Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Nitin Gadkari declared his assets including 29 acres of agriculture land at Dhapewada, ancestral house at Mahal, a flat at MLA society in Worli (Mumbai) and jewellery worth over Rs 53 lakh. Collective value of Nitin Gadakri’s movable and immovable assets, as per the affidavit, is Rs 25,12,35,649.
According to affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers here today, Gadkari revealed movable assets worth Rs 69,38,691 in his name, Rs 91,99,160 in his wife’s name and Rs 66,07,924 in Hindu Undivided Family (HUF). While immovable assets worth Rs 6,95,98,325 are registered in the names of Nitin Gadkari, while assets worth Rs 6,48,60,325 are registered in the name of his wife Kanchan and those worth Rs 9,40,31,224 are registered in the name of HUF. The HUF is taxed separately from its members.
A total 15 acres of agriculture land is registered in the name of Kanchan Gadkari at Gadkari’s native village Dhapewada another 14.60 acres of land is owned by HUF at Dhapewada.
Nitin Gadkari has jewellery worth Rs 53,61,630, while Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) owns yellow metal worth Rs 21,21,660. His wife Kanchan owns ornaments worth Rs 10,57,350. Gadkari’s total investments in Saving Scheme, mutual funds, bonds and shares stood at Rs 3,55,510. The collective investment value made by his wife is worth Rs 10,12,887. He is maintaining a balance of Rs 8,99,111 in accounts in 11 different banks. His wife is also having Rs 11,07,909 in 10 different bank accounts.
He has opened a separate bank account for electoral purpose with balance of Rs 1,01,000 in Nagpur Nagarik Sahkari Bank, Mahal. Gadkari has invested Rs 11,86,500 and his wife has invested Rs 18,40,000 in business.
As per the affidavit, Gadkari has taken a loan of Rs 1,57,21,753 from various banks including Rs one crore from Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited as personal loan. He has a fleet of six vehicles worth Rs 20,10,000 in his name while worth Rs 26,66,609 in wife’s name, the affidavit disclosed. Two cars including a Ambassador of the year 1994 make and a Honda car are registered in the name of Nitin Gadakri while four cars are registered in the name of his wife. Three criminal cases, mostly political in nature, are registered in his name.
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