Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 21 (PTI) Several LDF ministers, who are contesting in the upcoming April 9 Kerala Assembly polls, on Saturday declared assets of close to Rs two crore each in their nomination papers.
Ministers K N Balagopal, V Sivankutty, R Bindu and Roshy Augustine declared assets, both movable and immovable, of over Rs 1.94 crore, Rs 2.29 crore, Rs 2.14 crore and Rs 1.84 crore, respectively.
The spouses of Sivankutty and Augustine have assets worth over Rs two crore, according to their respective affidavits.
In the case of state PWD Minister P A Mohamed Riyas, he has assets worth less than Rs 40 lakh, while his wife Veena T — daughter of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan — has assets of close to Rs two crore.
Riyas, according to his affidavit, was also involved in 12 criminal cases related to various protests and six of them have been closed with payment of fines, while the remaining are pending.
There were no criminal cases against Bindu, Balagopal and Augustine, according to their respective affidavits.
However, Sivankutty is facing seven criminal cases of which one is related to the 2015 ruckus in the state legislative assembly, according to his affidavit. PTI HMP SA
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