ஏழை மந்திரிமாரும், அவர்தம் பணக்கார மனைவிமாரும் : எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் நாளிதழில் ஆய்வுரை

மனைவி பெயரில் ரூ 7.14 கோடிக்கு  சொத்துகள் இருக்கும்போது, பாவம், ஏழை  அமைச்சரான பொன்முடியிடம் ரூ 1.08 கோடிக்கு மட்டுமே சொத்துகள் உள்ளதாக அவர் தான் சமர்ப்பித்த தகவலில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளதாக இந்தியன் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் கட்டுரை குறிப்பிடுகின்றது. இது போலவே, மு கருணாநிதி, துரைமுருகன், வீரபாண்டி ஆறுமுகம், கே ஆர் பெரிய கருப்பன், பரிதி இளம் வழுதி, என் செல்வராஜ், எம் பி சாமிநாதன், தங்கம் தென்னரசு,  ஆகிய அமைச்சர்களை விட அவர்கள் மனைவியிடம் கூடுதல் சொத்துகள் உள்ளதாக இந்த ஆய்வுரை குறிப்பிடுகின்றது. தமிழ் நாளிதழ்கள் எதிலும் இதுபோன்ற ஆய்வுரையைக் காண இயலவில்லை.

TN: Poorer ministers and richer better halfs

CHENNAI: A majority of the incumbent cabinet of Tamil Nadu has one thing in common. Seventeen of the 28 ministers, who are contesting the coming election, are poorer than their spouses. Apart from heading the cabinet, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi also leads the roost of ministers with richer better halfs.The poorest among these 17 ‘poorer’ ministers is Fisheries Minister KPP Samy. In his affidavit for elections, he has declared assets of Rs 16.99 lakh and Rs 66.28 lakh for his wife, Uma Samy. He does not own a car, while his wife owns a Mahindra Scorpio, purchased on a bank loan. Uma Samy also owns 720 gms of gold.Leading the cabinet on the rich-spouse front is Karunanidhi. His assets amount to a paltry Rs 4.92 crore compared to the double whammy of his wives, who boast of combined assets of a whopping Rs 39.42 crore. Between the three of them, they have only one car, owned by Dayalu Ammal.Another minister whose two wives pull their economic weight at home is Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam. With assets worth Rs 75.18 lakh, there may not be too much difference from his wife, A Ranganayaki, who has Rs 93 lakh. But even the two of them together fall short of his other wife,  A Leela, who owns assets worth Rs 2.25 crore.Leela owns the only car between the three of them, a BMW sedan worth Rs 31 lakh. Mentioned in the affidavit as a businesswoman and agriculturist, Leela owns property in T Nagar and Panayur in Chennai and a whopping 38000 sq ft property in Sirugumi. She owns 2528 gms of gold, while Ranganayaki owns none.But the relative poverty strikes other ministers wider. N Selvaraj’s wife Krishnammal is 10 times richer than him with assets Rs 3.67 crore. Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy is worth only 1/7th of this wife, Visalakshi, who owns Rs 7.14 crore.Wives of Ministers like Durai Murugan and Suresh Rajan were not only richer than their husbands, they are also major share holders in private companies. While Duraimurugan’s wife Shantakumari has invested Rs 1.39 crore in Rajama exports, Suresh Rajan’s wife Bharathi has shares worth Rs 1.20 crore of NSR Steels Private Limited.Even as a clear trend emerges, where ministers own little but their spouses own much, one minister emerges richer than his wife, but way poorer than his son. Transport Minister KN Nehru owns assets worth Rs 1.21 crore, while his son Arun Nehru’s assets amount to Rs 15.74 crore, 13 times more than his  father.Not just assets, a majority of the ministers also listed liabilities for their spouses, leaving little or nothing for themselves.Poongothai beats hubbyOf the three women ministers in the cabinet, only IT Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna is richer than her spouse, with Rs 9.75 crore. A substantial part of her assets constitute of land she has inherited. Poongothai and her husband also own property in two villages along the IT corridor. The other two women, Adi Dravidar Welfare Minister A Tamilarasi and Social Welfare Minister Geetha Jeevan, both own lesser than their husbands. While the asset gap between Tamilarasi, with Rs 27.68 lakh, is close behind her realtor husband Ravikumar, it is wide between Geetha Jeevan and her husband Jeevan Jacob Rajendran. While the Social Welfare Minister’s assets amount to Rs 18.84 lakh, Jeevan Jacob owns Rs 2.64 crore. While none of the women own a car, between them they own a combined 1,700 gms, with Poongothai owning no gold at all.

Source : New Indian Express 
 

தலைவர்களின் சொத்து மதிப்பு : மிரட்சி ஏற்படுத்தும் பட்டியல்கள்

தேர்தல் பிரச்சாரம் சூடு பிடிக்கத் தொடங்கியிருக்கிறது. வேட்பு மனுத் தாக்கல் முடிவுக்கு வரும் நேரம் இது. வேட்பு மனுத் தாக்கல் செய்பவர்கள் சொத்துப் பட்டியலை வெளியிட்டாக வேண்டிய சூழல். ஒரு மனைவிக்கு மேல் திருமண உறவு கொண்டுள்ளோர், மனைவிகளது சொத்துப் பட்டியலையும் வெளியிட வேண்டும். இவை யாவும், சட்டப் படி அரசிடம் ஒப்புக் கொள்ளப் பட்ட சொத்துகளின் பட்டியல்.
நியூ இந்தியன் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் மு கருணாநிதியின் மனைவியர், த்யாளு, ராசாத்தி ஆகிய் இருவரின் சொத்துகளையும்  வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.

In the affidavit, Karunanidhi has said that Rajathi Ammal has availed of a loan of Rs 1,01,76,503 from her daughter Kanimozhi. Rajathi Ammal had more assets than Dayalu Ammal, according to the affidavit. While Rajathi Ammal had movable and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 23,97,00,552, Dayalu Ammal had Rs 15,45,36,363. As far as Karunanidhi was concerned, his total assets were worth Rs 4,92,56,855. The total assets of the three put together stood at Rs 44,34,93,770.Karunanidhi also declared that he was not imprisoned for two or more years for any crime. However, he said a case was pending against him in a court in Adhoni in Andhra Pradesh. The case was filed for creating rivalry between various sections of the society (IPC 298, 153 (A) and 505 (2). Like many other leaders, Karunanidhi too did not own a car. But his wife Dayalu Ammal had a Honda Accord car worth Rs 16,02,321.According to the Income Tax returns filed for the year 200910, Karunanidhi had shown an income of Rs 37,34,020. Similarly, Dayalu Ammal and Rajathi Ammal's incomes were shown to be Rs 64,37,330 and Rs 1,67,94,106, respectively.

Source : New Indian Express website 

டைம்ஸ் ஆப் இந்தியா இதழின் இரண்டாம் பக்கத்தில் ஜெயலலிதா, விஜய்காந்த், மு கருணாநிதி ஆகிய மூவரது சொத்துப்பட்டியலையும் ஒப்பிட்டு கிராபிக்ஸ் வெளியிட்டுள்ளனர்.
தினகரனில் தமிழக த்லைவர்களது சொத்துககள் பற்றிய பட்டியல் எதையும் காணவில்லை.
பிற பத்திரிகைகள் முக்கிய தலைவர்களது சொத்துக்களின் பட்டியலை வெளியிட்டுள்ளன. விஜய்காந்த் ரூ 7.52 கோடி வரை வரி பாக்கிய் வைத்திருப்பதாக தி இந்து நாளிதழ் செய்தி வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. 

Vijayakant owes over Rs.7.52-crore tax arrears

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakant owes over Rs.7.52 crore by way of income-tax and property tax arrears. His wife V. Premalatha owes over Rs.1.72 crore on both counts.

Mr. Vijayakant has stated this in the affidavit attached to the nomination filed for Rishivandhiyam Assembly constituency on Thursday. He has noted that appeals are pending in these cases. He also has liability of over Rs.2.53 crore in the form of loans obtained from banks/financial institutions.

He has put the value of his movable assets at Rs.9.04 crore and immovable assets, Rs.10.83 crore (present market value); that of Ms. Premalatha at Rs.1.28 crore and Rs.5.28 crore; his first dependant Vijay Prabakaran – Rs.81.91 lakh and Rs.43.33 lakh; his second dependant Shanmugha Pandian – Rs.28.28 lakh (he has no fixed assets in his name).

Mr. Vijayakant owns shares or investment worth Rs.74.99 lakh in Andal Alagar Kalayana Mandapam (P) Ltd, and Rs.2.93 crore in Captain Farms (P) Ltd. Ms. Premalatha has shares worth Rs.1 crore in Captain Media (P) Ltd. A defamation case is pending against him.

Source : The Hindu website