According to the affidavit he submitted with his nomination papers for the 10 May Assembly elections, the wealth of Congress’s Karnataka president, DK Shivakumar, has increased by 68 per cent as compared to 2018.
In the affidavit submitted by Shivakumar upon entering the fray for the Assembly polls, Shivakumar pegged his total assets and those of his family members at a combined value of Rs 1414 crores. In his affidavit for the 2013 Assembly polls, the assets held by the Congress leader’s family were valued at Rs 251 crore, while in the 2018 affidavit, the combined value of the property held by his kin was pegged at Rs 840 crore.