Congress candidate Lalbiakzama is the richest in Mizoram LS polls

The 64-year-old Congress nominee Lalbiakzama appears to be the richest among six candidates, who have filed nominations for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Mizoram slated for April 19. The retired Mizoram Police Service (MPS) officer has declared total assets worth over Rs. 3.84 crore as per the affidavit he filed before the Election Commission. Among six candidates in the fray for the lone Lok Sabha seat, 3 candidates, including ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) nominee Richard Vanlalhmangaiha, are “crorepati.”Independent candidate Lalhriatrenga Chhangte is the poorest and he has only movable assets worth Rs. 6.75 lakh. All the six candidates have no pending criminal cases. According to the affidavit filed before the Returning Officer on Wednesday, Lalbiakzama has movable assets worth Rs. 1 crore, while his immovable assets (acquired 1 agricultural land and 2 non-agricultural lands) are worth Rs. 2.80 crore.

His wife Laldingliani has only movable assets worth Rs. 4,790 and his three dependents altogether have only movable assets valued at Rs. 7.41 lakh. Lalbiakzama, a resident of Aizawl’s Model Veng, has Rs 10,000  in cash, while his wife has Rs. 3,500 and his three dependents all together have Rs. 3,500 . His total deposits in 2 bank accounts are over Rs 23.5 lakh and his spouse and dependents’s bank deposits are Rs 1 lakh as declared in the affidavit. Lalbiakzama retired as Mizoram home secretary in February 2020 and his source of income is pension benefits.With declared total assets worth Rs. 1.82 crore, Mizo National Front (MNF) nominee K. Vanlalvena,54,  is the second richest candidate.

The sitting lone Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram has movable assets worth Rs. 58.36 lakh,  while his immovable assets (acquired) are worth Rs. 1.24 crore. His spouse and two dependents have only movable assets worth Rs. 3.8 lakh.Vanlalvena has Rs. 13 lakh in cash, while his wife has Rs. 2 lakh. ZPM nominee Richard Vanlalhmangaiha(46) is the third richest and he has Rs.  97.74 lakh worth of movable assets and Rs. 70 lakh worth immovable assets. His declared total assets are worth over Rs. 1.67 crore.

In the affidavit, BJP candidate Vanlalhmuaka (53) declared that he has only movable assets valued at Rs. 11.3 lakh and People’s Conference (PC) party candidate Rita Malsawmi (49) also declared she has only movable assets worth Rs. 16.6 lakh. Chhangte (59), who has only movable assets worth Rs. 6.75 lakh, declared the movable assets of his wife and two dependents as  worth Rs. 1.73 lakh and that of their immovable assets to be worth Rs. 1.9 crore.