TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who filed his nomination on Friday for re-election from the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat, declared in his affidavit a total income of a little over Rs 82 lakh in the 2022-23 financial year. Banerjee stated that he earned Rs 71,52,200 in 2018-19, while in 2020-21, it had gone up to a little over Rs 1.51 crore.
The TMC leader, seeking a third term from the seat, declared a total income of Rs 82,58,360 in the 2022-23 fiscal, as per his income tax return. He also mentioned that he has Rs 7.72 lakh as cash in hand.
In the affidavit, Banerjee declared movable assets worth over Rs 1.26 crore, including bank deposits, life insurance policies, and 30 grams of gold.
Banerjee also revealed that he has two cases pending against him. One is at Tripura’s Khowai police station, and the other is an alleged defamation case before the district and sessions court in Bhopal.