According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms(ADR), all nine ministers in the 2023 Karnataka Cabinet have declared criminal cases against themselves and all nine of them are crorepatis.
While Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has the highest assets, Priyank Kharge, son of Congress’ National President has the lowest.
Credits – Deccan Herald
“The average assets of 9 ministers analysed is Rs.229.27 crore. The minister with the highest declared total assets is DK Shivakumar and Kanakapura constituency with assets worth Rs. 1413.80 crore. The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Priyank Kharge from Chittapur (SC) constituency with assets worth Rs. 16.83 crore. All 9 ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is DK Shivakumar of Kanakapura constituency with Rs. 265.06 crores of liabilities,” said the ADR report.
The report also highlighted the educational qualifications of the ministers. “3 (33%) Ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 8th pass and 12 pass, while 6 (67%) ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 5 (56%) ministers have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years while 4 (44%) ministers have declared their age to be between 61 and 80 years.”
