Mulayam Singh Yadav Owes Son Akhilesh Over 2 Crores, Says Poll Affidavit

Lucknow: Mulayam Singh Yadav owes more than Rs. 2.13 crore to his son and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav and the value of his assets has declined by Rs. 3 crore in the last five years, an affidavit filed by the party patriarch revealed.

Mulayam Singh Yadav has been fielded by the SP from its stronghold Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. He had filed his nomination papers from the constituency on Monday.

As per the affidavit, the SP patriarch has declared a total property, both movable and immovable, worth Rs. 16.52 crore.

This is Rs. 3.20 crore less than the assets declared by him in an affidavit ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

According to the affidavit, a case was registered against Mulayam Singh Yadav at Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station on September 24, 2015, for allegedly threatening IPS officer Amitabh Thakur over phone.

The case is pending in the court of the chief judicial magistrate.

His affidavit mentions that he owes Rs. 2.13 crore to his son Akhilesh Yadav.

Mulayam Singh Yadav and his wife Sadhna Yadav have an annual income of Rs. 32.02 lakh and Rs. 25.61 lakh respectively.

Sadhna Yadav has shown assets worth Rs. 5.06 crore.

According to the election affidavit, Mulayam Singh Yadav does not have a car. However, his wife owns a luxury car.