SHILLONG: The battle for Shillong Lok Sabha seat is definitely a clash between affluents.
If sitting MP Vincent Pala is quite rich, his opponent Shibun Lyngdoh from BJP is also financially quite strong.
Shibun Lyngdoh Rs 18,52,550 cash in hand while his spouse has Rs 22,02,728, according to the affidavit filed by the candidate on his assets. Shibun Lyngdoh has 15 bank accounts and 5 life insurance policies.
He owns six vehicles and the total gross value of his movable assets is Rs 127,85,767 while the value of moveable assets of his spouse is Rs 54,99,902
Shibun Lyngdoh also owns 17 plots of agricultural land while his spouse owns two such plots. Besides, Shibun Lyngdoh has 24 plots of non-agricultural land while his spouse owns one commercial plot of land and one residential building.
The total liabilities on Shibun is Rs 23,62,375 while liabilities on his spouse total to Rs 46,99,090.
Shibun Lyngdoh has Rs 33,059 in his UBI Bank Khliehriat branch, while he has Rs 19,681 in his Meghalaya Rural Bank, Khliehriat branch.
He deposited Rs 59,977 in Axis Bank, Khliehriat branch and he has Rs 120,337 in his SBI Account, Khliehriat branch, besides Rs 1,31,047 in Meghalaya Rural Bank, Ladrymbai branch.
He deposited Rs 200,000 in TDR in Meghalaya Rural Bank, Ladrymbai branch.
He also has an amount of Rs 346,079 in SBI, Shillong branch and he also deposited Rs 101,757 in HDFC Bank, Byrnihat branch, in addition an amount of Rs 300,000 has also been deposited at Meghalaya Rural Bank, Jowai branch.
Denis Siangshai: On the other hand Independent candidate Denis Siangshai is also one of the rich candidates who is locking horns with other contestants for the prestigious Shillong seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
Denis Siangshai has Rs 60,00,000 cash in hand. He owns a 9 mm revolver worth Rs 210,000 and the total gross value of his movable asset is Rs 92,70,195 while his spouse has movable assets worth Rs 22,00,000.
The couple has 11 children as per the affidavit.
Denis Siangshai owns 17 plots of agricultural land and four plots of non-agricultural land and the total current market value of his immovable assets is a whopping Rs 127,55,55,262.
Denis has an account in the SBI Ladrymbai branch where has deposited Rs 148 only while he has another account in ICICI Bank Shillong branch with Rs 20,000 for election expenditure.
The candidate has two residential buildings in East Jaintia Hills.
He also has a current account in SBI Ladrymbai branch where he has Rs 600,047.
Denis has three vehicles and the cost of his Mahindra XUV is Rs 13,00,000 while he also owns a condemned Tata Mobile vehicle that has a market value of Rs 50,000.
