After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty filed his nomination to contest Lok Sabha elections, it was revealed that his assets have increased by ₹6 crore. Shetty is the sitting MP from Mumbai North constituency.
Earlier, during 2014 LS polls, Shetty declared his assets worth ₹9.5 crore. However, the nomination paper reveals Shetty’s assets to be worth ₹15.78 crore which is a 65 per cent increase.
According to media reports, while filing the nomination Shetty listed his assets including movable and immovable property along with the savings. In 2019, his assets are worth ₹15.78 crore while they were ₹9.5 crore in the year 2014.
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The affidavit filed states that the BJP MP has paid ₹35.99 lakh as income tax from the year 2013-14 to 2017-18. Shetty’s wife has also paid tax worth ₹21.24 for the said period. Shetty has nine cases registered against him at various police stations and are pending in the courts.
Shetty, a BJP-Shiv Sena alliance candidate, will be contesting the Lok Sabha polls which will be held this month against Congress candidate and Bollywood Actress Urmila Matondkar.
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