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Manipur: crorepatis gear up to win polls
IBNLIVE | Jan 24, 2012 at 07:56am IST | New Delhi::
Manipur, a state often forgotten in mainland India does not lag far behind when it comes to money power to win elections. With 291 politicians from 8 parties vying for 60
seats in the state assembly, the January 28 Manipur elections has crorepatis gearing up to win the polls. But surprisingly Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh is not even a crorepati, his declared assets are being questioned by many. The maximum growth in assets has been for state\'s powerful information and tourism minister TN Haokip\'s assets have grown by over Rs 9.77 Crore. Haokip is followed by his party\'s Kh Govindas with an asset growth of over Rs 2.1 Crore and Haokholet Kipgen of National People\'s Party whose assets increased by Rs Rs 2.09 Crore.
Since 2007, Average assets of each recontesting MLAs have jumped at least 4 times to Rs 1.2 crore in 2012 from Rs 24 lakhs which means a growth of a whopping 414 per cent. Clearly, money is not in shortage when it comes to Manipur but in a tax-less part of India, it\'s very easy to hide your actual assets.
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