Inside Prashant Kishor's ₹198-crore wealth: Bonds, gold, and a dismantled rice mill
Affidavit shows new Bankipur MLA has assets that include FDs, bank deposits, shares, mutual funds, bonds, insurance policies, jewellery and cash, plus property.
Prashant Kishor, the founder of the Jan Suraaj Party, declared family assets worth nearly ₹198 crore in the Bankipur assembly bypoll election affidavit filed for the July 30 bypoll. The majority of the wealth was tied up in financial investments, high-value real estate, and an operational rice mill in Bihar. Kishor's movable assets, declared to be worth ₹22.19 crore, included fixed deposits, bank deposits, shares, mutual funds, bonds, insurance policies, jewellery, and cash.
His wife Jahnavi Das, a medical practitioner, declared movable assets worth ₹89.51 crore, primarily in shares of Vedhas Ventures Private Limited and various financial investments. The family's immovable assets, valued at ₹86.29 crore, included property holdings in Patna, New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Buxar, and an ancestral house in Rohtas district.
Notably, the affidavit revealed a dismantled rice mill in Bihar's Rohtas district, valued at ₹9.75 crore, despite being non-operational. Kishor's gold ring studded with an emerald was valued at ₹1.35 lakh, while his wife's jewellery was worth about ₹64.58 lakh. The affidavit disclosed liabilities of ₹5.77 crore in Kishor's name and ₹55.38 lakh in his wife's name, including loans from HDFC Bank.
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