‘No Costs Framed’ In Excise Coverage Instances, Owns No Automotive, Uptick In Spouse’s Property: Arvind Kejriwal’s Ballot Affidavit – News18
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In 2020, Kejriwal and his spouse, Sunita, who will get a pension, had wealth value Rs 3.44 crore, which has elevated to Rs 4.54 crore, primarily as a result of uptick out there worth of gold and the properties they owned earlier than 2020
AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal. (File pic/PTI)
Aam Aadmi Celebration nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal filed his nomination papers on Wednesday as he prepares for a fourth electoral contest from the New Delhi meeting seat subsequent month.
As per his ballot affidavit, he’s dealing with 14 felony circumstances, up from 13 in 2020. He’s dealing with two circumstances associated to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage—one filed by the CBI and one other by the ED—for which he went to jail in 2024 whereas serving because the chief minister. His affidavit claims that expenses haven’t been framed in opposition to him within the matter.
Change in belongings
In 2020, Kejriwal and his spouse, Sunita, who will get a pension, had wealth value Rs 3.44 crore, which has elevated to Rs 4.54 crore, primarily as a result of uptick out there worth of gold and the properties they owned earlier than 2020. The key bounce has been within the asset worth of Sunita. The couple doesn’t have any loans or authorities dues pending.
As was within the 2020 papers, Kejriwal owns non-agricultural land he bought in 1998 in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram. The two,400 sq ft of land that he bought for Rs 3.50 lakh has a market worth of Rs 1.7 crore. His final affidavit has its worth marked at Rs 1.77 crore. In 2020, he talked about having inherited a non-agricultural plot of land in Haryana. The 2025 affidavit has no point out of it.
Spouse Sunita bought a flat in Gurugram, Haryana, in 2010 for Rs 61 lakh. As in opposition to Rs 1 crore in 2020, the present market worth of the two,244 sq ft flat is Rs 1.50 crore. She owns about 1 kg of silver and 350 grams of gold. She continues to carry the identical in 2025, although there was a big bounce out there worth. The gold was valued at round Rs 12 lakh in 2020, which has doubled to Rs 25 lakh now. The silver was valued at Rs 40,000 in 2020 however now could be value Rs 92,000.
Quite the opposite, the worth of movable belongings owned by Kejriwal has gone down – from Rs 9.95 lakh in 2020 to Rs 3.44 lakh in 2025. The collective worth of the movable belongings of the couple stood at Rs 67.02 lakh in 2020, which has elevated to Rs 1.34 crore in 2025. The worth of the immovable belongings has elevated from Rs 2.77 crore to Rs 3.2 crore. Whereas Kejriwal has no automotive in his identify, his spouse has a 2017 mannequin Maruti Baleno Delta, the identical as in 2020.
Sunita can be investing cash in PPF and mutual funds, the place the worth has elevated. She had Rs 13.44 lakh in her PPF, which has elevated to Rs 26 lakh now. She has an funding in mutual funds of Rs 26 lakh.
In 2020, Kejriwal declared the annual revenue for the earlier 12 months (2018-19) at Rs 2.81 lakh, whereas Sunita had Rs 9.94 lakh. For the 12 months 2023-24, Kejriwal’s complete revenue was Rs 7.21 lakh, whereas Sunita’s was Rs 14.10 lakh.
‘Costs not framed in Delhi excise coverage circumstances’
Projecting himself as the subsequent chief minister of Delhi, Kejriwal is dealing with 14 pending circumstances, together with two associated to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage—one filed by CBI and one other by ED. He’s dealing with two extra circumstances from the ED for non-obedience to summons.
Apparently, though expenses have been framed in opposition to him in December 2024 for skipping the ED summons, no expenses have been framed in opposition to him in the primary circumstances, his papers declare.
He’s dealing with six circumstances associated to defamation. A complete of two circumstances had been filed in opposition to him in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi whereas he was campaigning for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he claims.
One of many circumstances he listed was for the ruckus that occurred in 2018 through the inauguration of the Signature Bridge in Delhi.
Kejriwal might be contesting from the New Delhi meeting seat for a fourth time after consecutive victories in 2013, 2015, and 2020. All Delhi meeting seats will go for polls on February 5, and counting of the votes will happen on February 8.
