Click to play videoBangalore: Infrastructure baron Kuppendra Reddy, who owns half the buildings housing software companies in Bangalore, has a new passion these days. He's contesting the Assembly polls.
"Business means that 24 hours I am not making money. And, I have made sufficient. Now, I have one ambition with the force of the people, with the pressure of the people, the people want me to go to politics. I have done enough to my family. Now, I can work for 10-12 years in my constituency as well as the state,” he says.
While he may want to work among the masses, being in politics means he'll rub shoulders with many a crorepati.
Reddy has assets amounting to Rs 180 crore but many politicians with meagre beginnings too are now worth a few crore each. Among them,
- Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who has declared assets worth Rs 49.72 crore
- Congressman V Somanna's family assets amount to Rs 21 crore
- HD Revanna's family has assets amounting to Rs 10 crore
- BJP leader Pramila Nesargi's family also owns assets amounting to Rs10 crore
- Former Congress MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao owns property worth Rs 20 crore
Even as figures pour in, Bangaloreans can only hope some of the wealth amassed by the richie-rich filters down to those who really need it.
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