{"id":59067,"date":"2025-01-01T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=59067"},"modified":"2025-01-01T10:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:34:54","slug":"bihar-cm-nitish-kumar-discloses-assets-ministers-outshine-him-in-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/bihar-cm-nitish-kumar-discloses-assets-ministers-outshine-him-in-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Discloses Assets; Ministers Outshine Him in Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has disclosed movable and immovable assets worth <strong>\u20b91.64 crore<\/strong>, according to the latest asset declarations made mandatory for all cabinet ministers at the end of every calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per the details uploaded on the Bihar government\u2019s website on December 31, Kumar\u2019s assets include <strong>\u20b921,052 in cash<\/strong> and <strong>\u20b960,811.56 in bank accounts<\/strong>. The Chief Minister\u2019s movable properties are valued at <strong>\u20b916,97,741.56<\/strong>, while his immovable assets amount to <strong>\u20b91.48 crore<\/strong>. Kumar owns a single residential flat in a cooperative housing society in Dwarka, New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly, several of his cabinet colleagues surpass him in wealth. Deputy Chief Minister <strong>Samrat Choudhary<\/strong> holds <strong>\u20b96,70,000 in cash<\/strong>, while his wife Kumari Mamta possesses <strong>\u20b95,70,000 in cash<\/strong>. Choudhary owns a rifle valued at <strong>\u20b94 lakh<\/strong> and immovable properties worth <strong>\u20b98.28 crore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy CM <strong>Vijay Kumar Sinha<\/strong> owns immovable assets worth <strong>\u20b92.42 crore<\/strong>, with his wife owning assets worth <strong>\u20b93.32 crore<\/strong>. Sinha also possesses a revolver worth <strong>\u20b977,181<\/strong> but has no cash in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other ministers who have disclosed their assets include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sumit Kumar Singh<\/strong> (Science, Technology, and Technical Education)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunil Kumar<\/strong> (Education)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mangal Pandey<\/strong> (Health)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ratnesh Sada<\/strong> (SC\/ST Welfare)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leshi Singh<\/strong> (Food and Consumer Protection)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jayant Raj<\/strong> (Building Construction)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neeraj Kumar Singh<\/strong> (Public Health and Engineering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zama Khan<\/strong> (Minority Welfare)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sheela Kumari<\/strong> (Transport)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Madan Sahni<\/strong> (Social Welfare)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nitish Kumar government\u2019s initiative of mandatory disclosure aims to promote transparency and accountability among public representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has disclosed movable and immovable assets worth \u20b91.64 crore, according to the latest asset declarations made mandatory for all cabinet ministers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59067","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59069,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59067\/revisions\/59069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}