Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and his team of ministers who assumed reigns of power in the Northeastern Himalayan state yesterday, have declared that they are all “clean Crorepatis with liabilities” as per their declaration submitted in their affidavit to the Election Commission of India(ECI).
According to the Association of Democratic Reforms(ADR) and its Manipur Election Watch, the civil society group involved in cleansing Indian political system, all the six ministers who took oath in Imphal yesterday have declared that they face no criminal cases against themselves.
As far as financial background is concerned, all the six ministers are Crorepatis. Average assets of each minister is Rs 4.04 crores. The minister with the highest declared total assets is Konthoujam Govindas Singh from Bishenpur constituency with assets worth Rs. 8.32 crores.
On the other hand, minister with lowest declared total assets is Nongthombam Biren Singh from Heingang constituency with assets worth Rs. 1.47 crores.
All six ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Yumnam Khemchand Singh of Singjamei constituency with Rs. 59 lakhs of liabilities, revealed the ADR report.
One minister has declared his educational qualification 10th standard while four other ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. One minister says he is a diploma holder.
Manipur ministry is relatively younger. They have declared age between 45-65 years. There is one woman minister out of six in Manipur.