Chandrababu Naidu tops richest chief ministers' list, Manik Sarkar among poorest: Report
Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar
The analysis was conducted by transparency body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)
With assets worth Rs 177 crore, Andhra Pradesh's Chandrababu Naidu is the richest chief minister in India.
The other chief ministers named in this exclusive club are of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu with worth Rs 129 crore and Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, who has Rs 48 crore to his name.
Meanwhile, the poorest among all is Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, with assets valued just over Rs 26 lakh.
The analysis was conducted by transparency body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR)
The other crorepati chief ministers are Telengana's K Chandrashekhar Rao with assets worth Rs 15.15 crore, Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma with Rs 14.50 crore.
The BJP, which has governments in 18 states, does not have a single CM in the top ten list as six out of the top ten richest CMs are from the Congress and the rest belong to the TDP, TRS, BJD and SDF.
Out of 31 CMs in India, 25 are crorepatis (with assets exceeding Rs 1 crore).
Next to Manik Sarkar on the poorest CMs list is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with only moveable assets worth Rs 30.45 lakh.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is the third poorest CM with total assets worth Rs 55.96 lakh.
Haryana CM Manoharlal Khattar stands at Rs 61.29 lakh and Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is with Rs 72.72 lakh, becoming the fourth and fifth poor CMs' respectively.