Manpreet files nomination papers on Day 2

Sukhmeet Bhasin

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, January 12

Congress candidate Manpreet Singh Badal today filed his nomination papers from the Bathinda Urban constituency with Returning Officer, Bathinda, SDM, Sakshi Sawhney on the second day of the nominations.

Manpreet was accompanied by his son Arjun Badal, daughter Rhea Badal, nephew Mannat Johal and Rajan Garg inside the SDM office. Manpreet’s family has total assets worth around Rs 40 crore that includes properties in Chandigarh, Haryana and Rajasthan.

As per the affidavit filed before the Returning Officer here, Manpreet declared assets of around Rs 40 crore, with movable assets to the tune of around Rs 3 crore and immovable assets worth around Rs 38 crore.

He has declared his gross total value in the form of cash, vehicle and jewellery at Rs 3,17,005, Rs 18,54,484 of his wife Venu, Rs 18,487,551 of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), Rs 1,48,940 in the name of his son Arjun and Rs 3,98,884 in the name of his daughter Rhea.

Manpreet owns nine vehicles, including Fortuner, Honda CRV, three jeeps and two tractors.

The Manpreet family owns a house in Chandigarh which is worth Rs 17 crore and it also owns a house in Gurgaon, worth Rs 1.25 crore. They also have three commercial buildings in Chandigarh. The family also has a liability or loans of around Rs 7 crore.

After filing the nominations, Manpreet said the Congress would address issues of people after coming to power. He condemned the incident in which a shoe was thrown at Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in a village of his constituency. But he claimed that he was not shocked as the “misrule” by them has led to anger in the public.