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Pinaki Mishra is the richest Lok Sabha candidate in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD candidate from Puri Parliamentary constituency Pinaki Mishra is the richest among the 98 candidates for the 11 Lok Sabha seats going to polls on April 17 in the state's second phase



The report also revealed that there are five candidates who have declared annual income of more than Rs 1 crore. 

Rabindra Kumar Jena has declared the highest income of Rs 6.64 crore followed by Pinaki Misra (Rs 3.92 crore).

Baijyanta Panda of BJD comes third with income of Rs 3.57 crore.  

The party-wise list of crorepatis candidates shows  9 out of 11 candidates of Congress, 8 out of 11 of BJD, 4 out of 11 of BJP, 3 out of 10 of AAP and 1 of the 2 candidates of Trinamool Congress have declared assets more than Rs one crore.

From among 97 candidates in 10 Lok Sabha seats in the first phase poll on April 10, 26 were crorepatis with BJD's Kandhamal candidate Hemendra Singh being the richest with asset value of Rs 50 crore followed by Congress candidate Harihar Karan with Rs 9 crore asset.

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