Richest politicians in the 16th Lok Sabha

New Delhi: 16th Lok Sabha consists of some members who can be easily termed as fabulously rich. These members, apart from working as political and social activists, have also excelled in their respective professions. Some of them are top line lawyers, business tycoons and big scale entrepreneurs.This is in contrast to some other members who come from very humble economic background. For example, the total asset of BJP MP Sumedhanand Saraswati, who represents Sikar Lok Sabha sea of MP, add up to mere Rs 34000.The 16th Lok Sabha truly reflects the prismatic nature of our society where the gap between income levels of different sections of the society is just humongous.Here goes the list of some of the richest members of the 16th Lok Sabha: Jayadev Galla: Guntur (TDP-Andhra Pradesh) Movable Assets: 5,921,278,671Immovable Assets: 909,302,690Liabilities: 202,334,283Total: 6,830,581,361 Galla Jayadev tops the list of the wealthiest Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. He is not only a politician but also an Indian business executive from Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of Telugu Desam Party. He has learned politics from his mother. Galla Jayadev won the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Guntur lok Sabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh against YSR Congress Party candidate Balashowry Vallabhaneni. He won by a margin of 69,633. Galla Jayadev was born in Diguvamagham, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh to Ramachandra Naidu Galla and Aruna Kumari Galla. His father is an industrialist who founded the Amara Raja Group. His grandfather Paturi Rajagopala Naidu was a former Indian parliamentarian. Galla Jayadev is the Managing Director of Amara Raja Group. Galla Jayadev shifted to USA and he lived there for around 22 years. He was an extremely bright student. Galla studied politics and Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Later he decided to walk in his mother's path and joined politics. On 8th March 2014, Galla Jayadev joined the Telugu Desam Party and just as he has been successful in every other work that he undertakes, he emerged victorious here too. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but has never failed o work hard.Konda Vishweshwar Reddy: Chevella (TRS-Telangana) Movable Assets: 4789070310Immovable Assets: 497,159,900Liabilities: 74,111,133Total: 5,286,230,210 Konda Vishweshwar Reddy was born on 26th February, 1960. He is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from Chevella Lok Sabha constituency, Telangana. He is an Engineer from Osmania University, has a Master's degree in Engineering in the US. He worked as an adjunct faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology, N.J. and Essex County College, Newark He was born in Hyderabad to Jayalatha and Konda Madhava Reddy , former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. His paternal grandfather was a Telangana freedom fighter and Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy. He is married to Sangita Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals.He has three sons Anindith,Vishwajith,Viraj He participated in agitation for Telangana statehood. He won from Chevella Lok Sabha constituency by over a margin of 75,000 votes. He is a successful software entrepreneur, he founded Citadel Health. He later sold the company to Wipro. Konda Vishweshwar Reddy won the Indian general election, 2014 on a Telangana Rashtra Samithi ticket. Shri.Vishweshwar Reddy was greatly influenced by the political scenario prevailing in the early 1960's while growing up in his grandfather's house, a hub for Telangana political stalwarts, educationists, lawyers,poets, social reformers, farmers and was undoubtedly the birth place of the movement for a separate statehood for the region of Telangana.As a witness to the injustice meted out to the region of Telangana,he was sensitized at an early age to the problems and concerns of the people of the region. He has imbibed the qualities of commitment, relentless hard work,straight forwardness, the drive to serve the people of his region, from his father and grandfather.Gokaraju Ganga Raju: Narsapuram (BJP - Andhra Pradesh)Movable Assets:2,217,833,670Immovable Assets: 6,65,733,452Liabilities: RS 168,501,286Total: 2,883,567,122 Gokaraju Ganga is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Narsapuram Lok Sabha constituency, Andhra Pradesh. Despite his wealth, Gokaraju Ganga leads a simple life and spends a lot of time in charity. He devotes most of his time in social work and that has given him recognition. His philanthropy helped him generate votes in the elections. He is also an active worker of VHP and RSS. He won the 2014 Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket. Gokaraju Ganga Raju is the founder of Laila Group of Companies. He hails from an agricultural family. He has a reputation of servicing the society. Gokaraju Ganga Raju is a leading industrialist and recognized as a person serving the society. He graduated in Bachelor of Pharmacy from Andhra University in 1970. Being a sportsman and sports enthusiast, Dr Ganga Raju is the Secretary of Andhra Cricket Association, Chairman of Financial Committee of BCCI and also the Member of Governing Council of IPL run by BCCI. Gokaraju Ganga is one of the richest politicians in Andhra Pradesh. A cricket administrator and founder of Asram Medical College in Eluru, Mr. Gangaraju has been a chief patron of RSS-Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activities in the coastal region for over a decade. He plays a key role in running a Sanskrit school for tribals in Jeelugumilli mandal in the Agency of West Godavari district, a pet project of the RSS-VHP. The septuagenarian also manages Delta Paper Mills near Bhimavaram, a chemical factory at Jangareddygudem and sugar factories in Krishna district and the Telangana region as well.Butta Renuka: Kurnool (YSRC Andhra Pradesh)Movable Assets: 1,217,045,913Immovable Assets: 1,209,194,600Liabilities: 312,279,927Total: 2,426,240,513 Butta Renuka is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency, Andhra Pradesh. Butta Renuka is the founder of India's one of the most successful schools – Meridian Coporate School. She is fairly new to politics. The 2014 Lok Sabha elections were her first.She won the Indian general election, 2014 being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRC) candidate. Despite being a debutant, she managed to defeat a senior member of parliament Mr. Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy. Butta Renuka is the wife of Hyderabad-based businessman Neelakanthappa from Pathikonda. She hails from Pullagommi in Veldurthi Mandal. Butta Renuka's family shifted to Hyderabad to initiate business. They started in a small way but in quite a short span of time it expanded and they witnessed a phenomenal growth. Their business expanded to chain of textile showrooms, jewelry malls and educational institution.Kamal Nath: Chhindwara ( Congress - Madhya Pradesh)Movable Assets: 175,397,434Immovable Assets: 1,893,683,000Liabilities: 51,172,087Total: 2,069,080,434 Kamal Nath is an Indian politician and the former union minister for Urban Development. He is a member of the current 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Chhindwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). Kamal Nath served as the only member of the 16th Lok Sabha for a couple of days. From 4 June to 5 June 2014 Kamal Nath was the only person to have taken official oath as a member of the 16th Lok Sabha. He was made the Protem Speaker of the newly elected Lok Sabha. The first day of the lok Sabha on which the Protem Speaker administers the oath to all other elected member was called off due to the death of union cabinet minister for Rural Development Gopinath Munde. The house was adjourned after paying tribute to Gopinath Munde and observing a two minute silence. Since no other elected member had taken oath that day, they were not officially Members of Parliament. Kamal Nath serves as president of the board of governors for The Institute of Management Technology (IMT) a premier management institution. He is Chairman of "Madhya Pradesh Child Development Council" and Patron to the Bharat Yuvak Samaj (Youth Wing of All India Bharat Seva SamajKanwar Singh Tanwar: Amroha (BJP - UP) Movable Assets: 375,130,770Immovable Assets: 1,413,300,000Liabilities: 4,036151Total: 1,788430770 Kanwar Singh Tanwar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has won the Indian general elections, 2014 from the Amroha (Lok Sabha constituency). Turncoat politician Kanwar Singh Tanwar is known to ride the "wave". He joined Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 2008 when Mayawati was the flavour of the season and switched sides to Congress in 2012. With the lead UPA player in a downward spiral and a Narendra Modi wave sweeping the country, Tanwar hitched his wagon to the BJP in February and landed a party ticket on Monday to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Amroha in UP with yoga guru Baba Ramdev's backing. BJP had earlier announced former cricketer Chetan Chauhan for this seat despite Ramdev's reported reservations. Tanwar claims he has long association with the yoga guru.He runs two medical centres in the constituency and around a dozen mobile dispensaries to provide free care and medicines to the needy. "This has made me popular in every household," he claimed. Tanwar, whose family is into real estate and hotels, grabbed the nation's attention when the wedding of his youngest son in 2011 was touted as one of the most expensive ever, involving Rs 250 crore. It was also claimed that Tanwar junior's father-in-law, former Sohna MLA Sukhbir Jaunapuria, had included a chopper as a wedding gift. Tanwar loves to drive his Audi. His house has 12 rooms.Hema Malini: Mathura (BJP - UP) Movable Assets: 136,552,180 Immovable Assets: 1,645,463,440Liabilities: 231,234,174Total: 1,782,015,620 Hema Malini is an Indian actress, director and producer, Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer, and a politician. She is renowned for the roles in Hindi cinema. Hema Malini made her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna. Hema Malini was initially promoted as "Dream Girl". Even now she carries the name because age has not snatched beauty and gracefulness from this dream girl. Hema Malini is an accomplished classical dancer and is revered for her beauty. Of late Malini spends most of her time on charitable and social ventures, while making occasional appearances in films. She is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and was nominated member by the party in Rajya Sabha, the upper House of parliament during 2003–2009. In the General Elections 2014, Hema Malini contested from Mathura Lok Sabha constituency defeating incumbent Jayant Chaudhary of RLD by an impressive margin of 3,30,743 Votes. Hema Malini has acquired most of her wealth from films. But she also travels far and wide to perform classical dance. She takes her daughters along with her. Hema Malini believes in hard work. But she was criticized by certain sections of the society wile she was campaigning for the Lok Sabha Elections in Mathura. Hema said that she couldn't campaign like other politicians because she was a star. Rather she chose to be in her Audi. Yet after being elected she does have plans for the betterment of Mathura. Hema intents to put an end to monkey menace in Vrindavan. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah: Tehri Garhwal (BJP - UK)Movable Assets: 223,109,875 Immovable Assets: 1,439,000,000Liabilities: 14,900,000Total: 1,662,109,875Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah is a political and social worker. She is a Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in Uttarakhand. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah is a member of BJP. Mala Rajya Laxmi was born on August 23, 1950 in Kathmandu, Nepal. She married Manujendra Shah on February 7, 1973 and has a daughter. Mala Raj Laxmi Shah is the daughter-in-law of erstwhile Tehri royal family scion Manabendra Shah, who represented the seat in Lok Sabha for a record eight times. She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000. Mala Laxmi studied at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a by-election. She defeated Saket Bahuguna son of Vijay Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttrakhand and a candidate of Indian National Congress by a margin of over 22,000. She has keen interest in traveling and desires to work for empowerment of women. Since she belongs to the hills, works for the development of Hill region. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited Uttarakhand for election rally he had praised for for being truly royal and noble.Pappu Yadav: Madhepura (Bihar) Movable Assets: 342,512,961 Immovable Assets: 1,123,851,764Liabilities: 123,100,000Total: 1,466,364,725 Pappu Yadav is an Indian politician belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal. He won elections to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1999, and in 2004 from several constituencies in Bihar as an Independent / SP / LJP / RJD candidate. Rajesh Ranjan or Pappu Yadav as he is popularly known is a hardened criminal. In February 2008, he was convicted in the murder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) legislator Ajit Sarkar and sentenced to life imprisonment. He managed to evade it with the help of some political influences. Subsequently he was debarred from the 2009 general election. Pappu Yadav is believed to be affiliated to the Congress. Pappu Yadav defeated Sharad Yadav in 2014 general elections. His wife Ranjeet Ranjan has also won this time on Congress ticket. Pappu Yadav was born some time in 1961 or 1962 to a farming family in Khurda Karveli, Madhepura district. He is considered as a local robin hood amongst his village men as he helped them in getting cured by doctor for free of cost. He even settled the electricity problem in his constituency after winning first assembly election. It is alleged that he was Initially a small-time criminal and he moved up the crime ladder and also played an active role in politics. By the late 1990s, he was a well-known mafia don, muscling his way around Bihar and across India.He would even visit jails to party with his cell inmates who are still serving their imprisonment term.Pinaki Misra: Puri (BJD - Orissa) Movable Assets: 151,291,203Immovable Assets: 1,219,700,000Liabilities: 19,975,839Total: 1,370,991,203 Pinaki Mishra, a Supreme Court lawyer tops the list of rich Member of Parliament in New Delhi. Lawyer-turned-politician Pinaki Mishra contested Lok Sabha elections on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket to retain his Puri seat in Odisha and won. The Mishra family, which includes wife Sangita and son Dhanraj, controls companies including Ocean Grand Resorts and Hotels Pvt. Ltd, Jupiter Estates Pvt. Ltd, White Lily Estates Pvt. Ltd and Janpath Properties Pvt. Ltd. Pinaki Mishra has stakes in Brady Telesoft Pvt. Ltd and WH Brady and Co. Ltd. All the companies, except the two Brady companies, which are listed companies, are closely held by his family. Pinaki generates income through rent given for the property. None of his family members are involved in active business. Pinaki Mishra's wife is also an advocate by profession. Pinaki Mishra is member of Parliament and currently represents Puri.Shatrughan Sinha: Patna Sahib (BJP - Bihar)Movable Assets: 149,060,219 Immovable Assets: 1,168,345,742Liabilities: 168,760,929Total: 1,317,405,961 Shatrughan Sinha is a famous personality in India and thus does not need an introduction. He is an Indian actor and also a politician. Shatrughan Sinha was a member of Rajya Sabha twice. He was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare (Jan 2003-May 2004) and Shipping (Aug. 2004). He was elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009. Sinha was born in Patna, Biharto Bhubaneswari Prasad Sinha & Shyama Devi Sinha. He is the youngest of four brothers — Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and himself. He was educated in Patna Science College He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. To honor him and his incredible service to the Indian cinema, a scholarship is awarded on his name in FTII to Diploma students. Shatrughan Sinha is from Bihar but he moved to Mumbai to start a career in the film industry. Popularly known as ‘Bihari Babu', Sinha became the first MP of the newly created Patna Sahib constituency after delimitation in 2009, defeating his RJD rival Vijay Kumar by over 1.66 lakh votes. This time his war was against Bhojpuri film actor Kunal Singh. Once again Sinha emerged victorious. Shatrughan Sinha is married to former Miss India Poonam Sinha.Kesineni Srinivas: Vijayawada (TDP - Andhra Pradesh) Movable Assets: 907,312,218Immovable Assets: 376,810,451Liabilities: 715,462,989Total: 1,284122,669 Kesineni Srinivas is an Indian business executive and a politician. Since 1992, He heads the Kesineni Travels Private Limited, founded by his grand father, Kesineni Venkaiah in 1928. Kesineni is one of the largest providers of Inter-City bus transportation, serving more than 75 destinations with about 425 schedules daily across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Kesineni Srinivas's company is involved in philanthropic activities and blood donation camps. In 2009, he served as the Praja Rajyam Party urban unit convener. He won the Indian general election, 2014 as a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate. He was elected the Member of Parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency in Andhra Pradesh. In an attempt to woo the voters, Kesineni would pull rickshaws. Politicians seldom venture into the vast expanses of slums, but campaigning is an occasion to make his presence felt there.Supriya Sule: Baramati (Congress - Maharashtra) Movable Assets: 964,360,296 Immovable Assets: 174,730,555Liabilities: NilTotal: 1,139,090,851 Supriya Sule is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and currently a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the daughter of the President of the Nationalist Congress Party, Sharad Pawar. In 2009, she contested the elections for the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency and won. This constituency was previously represented by her father. In 2011, she launched a statewide campaign against female foeticide. Recently, she has been honored with Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by ASSOCHAM Ladies League for her outstanding contribution to social service. Sule was elected to the Rajya Sabha in the September 2006 intake from Maharashtra and is a trustee of the Nehru Centre in Bombay. She led the state level campaign against female foeticide. The campaign included padayatras, college events, competitions etc. Surprisingly Supriya Sule's assets have almost doubled over the last five years, from Rs. 52 crore that she had declared during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Bathinda (SAD - Punjab) Movable Assets: 467,175,285 Immovable Assets: 614,489,625Liabilities: 412,634,299Total: 1,081,664,910 Harsimrat Kaur Badal is the Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing in the Government of India and MP from Bathinda. She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal. Harsimrat Kaur is the wife of deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal. Harsimrat started her political career with the Indian general election in 2009. She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Bhatinda constituency after defeating Congress candidate Raninder Singh by 1, 20,960 votes. She has started a project named "Nanhi Chhan" ( means innocent lives), a movement to save girl child and trees. Harsimrat Kaur is one of the prettiest Indian women politicians we've seen in a long, long time. But her beauty is accompanied with brains and courage to voice out opinion.Harsimrat Kaur Badal has a diploma in textile design from Delhi University and pursued textile designing for three years after college. The daughter of S.S. Majithia, she hails from the family that founded The Tribune, a prominent Chandigarh newspaper. As part of her election campaign, Harsimrat Kaur distributed bicycles to girls of Class XI and XII to ensure that their studies don't suffer and it becomes convenient for them to travel to school everyday. Poonam Mahajan: Mumbai North – Central (BJP - Maharashtra) Movable Assets: 465,213,646Immovable Assets: 615,653,980Liabilities: 414,479,088Total: 1,080,867,626 Poonam Mahajan is a Member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP.She was born in Bombay to Rekha Mahajan and the late Pramod Mahajan, another veteran leader of BJP. Her brother is Rahul Mahajan. Following her father's murder in 2006, Poonam Mahajan joined the BJP as a member of the party, with the encouragement of her uncle late Gopinath Munde who too was the Union Minister under Narendra Modi's government. Now she's the National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata PartyIn the run up to the Lok Sabha elections she made efforts to register new and young voters in south Mumbai and subsequently expected to get the LS ticket from that area. On 13 August 2010 Poonam Mahajan was made National Vice President of BJP Yuva Morcha. She contested the 2014 General Election from Mumbai North Central and won with a margin of 1.86 lakh. She defeated her nearest rival and two-times MP Priya Dutt of the Congress. Poonam Mahajan is married to Anand Rao Vejandla, an industrialist from Hyderabad.