Kohima/Shillong/Agartala : 99 crorepati candidates have been newly elected to the legislative assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.
A total of 178 candidates from different political parties have been newly elected to the legislative assemblies of the three north eastern states.
Among the crorepati MLAs, Nagaland has highest number of crorepati MLAs with 45 out of 60, while Meghalaya has 39 out of 59 and Tripura has 15 out of 59.
Newly elected MLA of United Democratic Party (UDP) Metbah Lyngdoh from Mairang constituency of West Khasi Hills district to the Meghalaya legislative assembly has emerged as the richest MLA among the newly elected MLAs of three states.
Metbah Lyngdoh has assets over Rs 87 crore with movable assets worth of Rs 43.76 crore and immovable assets worth of Rs 43.49 crore.
Apart from Metbah Lyngdoh, other crorepati MLAs are Dasakhiatbha Lamare (NPP) with assets of Rs 40.37 crore, Neiphiu Rio (NDPP) with assets of Rs 36.41 crore, Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar (HSPDP) with assets of Rs 29.88 crore, Comingone Ymbon (NPP) with assets of Rs 26.39 crore.
BJP’s Tripura CM face Biplab Kumar Deb is also crorepati with assets worth over Rs 2.13 crore including movable assets of Rs 78.93 lakh and immovable assets worth of Rs 1.35 crore.
According to the reports, out of the total crorepati MLAs of three states, BJP has 24 crorepati MLAs, while 20 from Naga People’s Front (NPF), 15 from Congress, 13 from Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), 13 from National People's Party (NPP), 4 from United Democratic Party (UDP).
On the other hand, the three states have elected 27 such MLAs whose educational qualification upto 10th pass.
Among them, Nagaland has elected 12 such MLAs, while 9 elected from Meghalaya and 6 from Tripura.
62 such candidates of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura have been elected to the legislative assemblies whose age group is 25-45 years including 32 from Meghalaya, 12 from Nagaland and 18 from Tripura.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
