At Rs 22.63 cr, Kulwant tops list of crorepatis

Akash Ghai

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Tribune News Service

Mohali, February 12

Prospective Independent candidate Kulwant Singh, a coloniser-turned-politician, is the richest among the nominees who have filed their papers for the Mohali Municipal Corporation poll. He has shown his assets at Rs 22.63 crore in the affidavit.

Kulwant Singh had contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Fatehgarh Sahib constituency on the SAD ticket last year. His two “crorepati” sons, Manpreet Singh and Sarabjit Singh, have assets worth Rs 1.33 crore and Rs 8.91 crore, respectively, according to the papers filed yesterday.

Though the final list of contestants will be prepared after the withdrawal of papers tomorrow, the list of 309 prospective nominees has nearly 50 crorepatis on it.

They include Tejinder Singh (assets worth Rs 12.68 crore), Anup Parkash Singh (Rs 5.35 crore), Lakhwinder Kaur (Rs 2 crore), Jasbir Kaur (Rs 1.54 crore), Satpal Kaur (Rs 2 crore), Navjot Singh (Rs 1.20 crore), Kuljinder Kaur (Rs 1.20 crore), Harbhajan Singh (Rs 4.20 crore), Gurmeet Singh (Rs 1.95 crore), Daljit Kaur (Rs 1.95 crore), Saroj Bala (Rs 4.2 crore), Rajinder Kaur (Rs 12. 5 crore), Kulwinder Kaur Rangi (Rs 2.30 crore), Gurmeet Singh Walia (Rs 7.25 crore), Harvinder Singh (Rs 1.80 crore), Harvinder Singh (Rs 1.80 crore), Surinder Singh (Rs 6 crore), Suraj Kaur (Rs 6 crore), Karnail Singh (Rs 1.5 crore), Jaswinder Kaur (Rs 4 crore), Surjit Kaur (Rs 1.25 crore), Amteshwar Kaur (Rs 1.25 crore), Nirmal Kaushik (Rs 1.25 crore), Sukhminder Kaur (Rs 2.50 crore), Harbans Kaur (Rs 2.66 crore), Amrik Singh (Rs 1.40 crore), Bhupinder Singh (Rs 2 crore), Raj Rani Jain (Rs 1.80 crore), Rishiv Jain (Rs 1.80 crore), Inderjit Kaur (Rs 1.18 crore), Balbir Singh (Rs 1.50 crore), Devinder Virk (Rs 1.92 crore), M Kaushik (Rs 9 crore), Jaswant Kaur (Rs 1.25 crore), Jagjit Singh (Rs 3.80 crore), Neeru Aggarwal (Rs 1.30 crore), Gurjit Singh Malhi (Rs 1.22 crore), Sarabjit Singh (Rs 8.91 crore), Niranjan Singh Multani (Rs 1.56 crore), Kuldip Kaur Kang (Rs 1.23 crore), Manjit Singh (Rs 1.20 crore), Paras (Rs 4.30 crore), Sham Lal Vashisht (Rs 1.80 crore), Baldev (Rs 1.73 crore), Narain Singh (Rs 1.70 crore), Nahar Singh (Rs 1.02 crore) and Dharm Singh (Rs 2 crore).

“Whosoever has an 8 marla or bigger house in Mohali is a crorepati,” said an Independent candidate, whose name also figures on the list.