Assembly elections 2018: Chhattisgarh MLAs rake in the moolah, says study

A study shows that the MLAs who are re-contesting have seen their assets rise by an average Rs 13.7 million or 13 per cent in the five years since they won last polls

Citing the election affidavits of the 69 re-contesting MLAs in the Chhattisgarh polls, the Association for Democratic Reform (ADR) said their declared average assets have risen to Rs 122.9 million from Rs 109.2 million, declared in 2013.

Giving party-wise details, the ADR study said the average assets of the 34 re-contesting MLAs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had almost doubled to Rs 40 million. The average assets for the 30 re-contesting MLAs of the Congress are much higher at Rs 210 million, though the figure has remained almost unchanged from the 2013 levels.

In the case of Ajit Jogi's Janta Congress