TIRUNELVELI/TENKASI: The value of family assets of BJP MLA and Tirunelveli Lok Sabha candidate Nainar Nagendran increased by 19.54% between March 2021 and March 2024, according to his affidavit filed here on Monday. Nagendran filed his nomination with returning officer-cum KP Karthikeyan.
The value of Nagendran’s family’s movable and immovable assets was Rs 26.71 crore in March 2021, which has now increased to Rs 31.94 crore. Nagendran and his wife, Chandra Nagendran, possess 800 sovereigns of gold worth Rs 3.84 crore. Nagendran, an MA holder, has four cars and a tractor in his name. He has a debt of Rs 5.1 crore and has 13 bank accounts, of which four accounts have zero balance.
Nagendran and his wife have invested in Chandra Hotel, Sri Krishnan Inn, Soprose Hotel, Lakshmi Gayathri Hotel, Kalyani Trust and KR Travels India Private Limited. He also has cases against him under Sections 153A, 152, 504, 505 (2), 500 and 506 (1).
AIADMK candidate has assets worth Rs 3 crore
Meanwhile, AIADMK candidate M Janshi Rani filed her nomination in the presence of Ambasamudram MLA Esakki Subbaiah and the party’s district secretary Thachai Ganesraja. Her family has assets worth Rs 3 crores.
Janshi’s Rani’s family assets were worth Rs 2.56 crore during the local body elections in 2022. Janshi Rani and her husband P Muruganandam have 100 sovereigns of gold worth Rs 40 lakh. She is a BA Economics graduate.
Others file nomination papers
Selvakumar of Bahujan Dravida Party, Chandran of Veerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi and Independent candidates Chinna Maharaja, Raghavan and Thalapathy Murugan filed their nominations in Tirunelveli constituency.
John Pandian files nomination from Tenkasi
Tamil Nadu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader John Pandian, who is contesting with the BJP's symbol, filed his nomination with returning officer A K Kamal Kishore in Tenkasi. Independent candidates S Kanaga and M Arumugaswami also filed their nominations.