A total of 75 candidates are in the fray in these eight seats, and Roy is the richest among them with total assets worth ₹554 crore, an analysis of their affidavits by West Bengal Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed.

Twenty-one candidates fighting the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal’s eight constituencies, which are going to the polls in the fourth phase, have assets of more than ₹1 crore, and among them, BJP’s Krishnanagar nominee Amitra Roy is the richest, according to a report.

A total of 75 candidates are in the fray in these eight seats, and Roy is the richest among them with total assets worth ₹554 crore, an analysis of their affidavits by West Bengal Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed.

Roy is followed by TMC’s Asansol candidate Shatrughan Sinha who has assets worth ₹210 crore and Baharampur candidate Yusuf Pathan whose total assets are valued at ₹45 crore. TMC’s seven candidates have assets worth over ₹1 crore, followed by BJP whose six candidates found a place on the list.

Two candidates each of SUCI(C), Congress and CPI(M) also have assets worth over ₹1 crore. One candidate each of BSP and Indian National Socialist Action Forces also found a place on the list, it said Independent candidate in Ranaghat Jagannath Sarkar has assets of ₹3,587, the lowest for any nominee in this phase.

Also, there are 13 candidates with criminal cases, it said. Polling in Asansol, Baharampur, Bardhaman Purba, Birbhum, Bolpur, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Krishnanagar and Ranaghat will be held on May 13.