Nitish owns movable, immovable assets worth only Rs 56.18 lakh

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Patna : Chief Minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar owns movable and immovable assets worth Rs 56.18 lakh. His only son Nishant is almost five times richer than him. As per assets declared by CM Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues uploaded on the state government’s website on January 3, Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi is also richer than his boss, with movable assets worth Rs 1.04 crore. Nitish owns movable assets worth Rs 16.18 lakh in addition to a 1,000 sq ft flat in Delhi worth Rs 40 lakh besides owning two cars.

Nitish’s son Nishant, his only child, owns movable and immovable assets worth Rs 2.78 crore. Nishant’s movable assets are valued at Rs 1.29 crore while his immovable assets are worth Rs 1.48 crore. His assets include ancestral land – both agricultural and non-agricultural, and residential buildings at Kalyanbigha in Nalanda district and Hakikatpur, Bakhtiarpur, in Patna district.

Apart from the chief minister, all the other 27 ministers including Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi have furnished details of their movable and immovable properties.

Urban Development and Housing Minister Suresh Kumar Sharma is the richest minister in Nitish cabinet. Sharma along with his wife possess assets worth Rs 9.74 crore. The BJP leader Sharma has moveable assets worth Rs 68.80 lakh while his wife has moveable assets worth Rs 31.71 lakh. He has has immoveable assets worth Rs 4.42 crore while his wife has land and houses worth Rs 4.35 crore.