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Though Northeast is backward, legislators are billionaires
Assam Tribune | IANS | Agartala, March 3 ():
Although the industry-starved Northeast is the most economically backward region in India, over 60 percent legislators in Nagaland and Meghalaya are billionaires, a report said on Sunday.
"Out of the 59 newly elected members in Nagaland, 36 (61 percent) are crorepatis (billionaires) while in Meghalaya, out of 60 just-elected legislators, 36 (60 percent) are crorepatis," National Election Watch (NEW) programme cordinator Biswendu Bhattacharjee said here after releasing the report.
However, in the Left-ruled Tripura, of the 60 newly voted members, eight (13 percent) are billionaires.
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