West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Kumar Mitra, contesting Assembly poll from Khardaha seat in the adjoining North 24-Parganas district, has declared assets worth over Rs 7.5 crore.
According to the affidavit filed by him before the Election Commission, the Trinamool leader's income for the year 2014-15 was Rs 14.82 lakh while his author wife earned more than him - almost Rs 17 lakh.
Mitra's movable assets include cash in hand, bank balance, investments, car and silver, totalling close to Rs 5 crore while his wife has assets worth over Rs 1.3 crore.
Immovable assets in his name include land and flat worth over Rs 2.76 crore while another Rs 2.67 crore worth properties are in the name of his wife.
Mitra, a PhD in Economics from Duke University, had served as the secretary-general of industry chamber FICCI for a long time before joining politics during the last Assembly polls.
