Wahab Chaudhary

Wahab Chaudhary is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati. He currently represents the Muradnagar (Assembly constituency) in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, having won in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012 with a margin of 3622 votes over Rajpal Tyagi.[1] Tyagi had been winning from the seat in the last six elections.[2] He often goes by just the name Wahab.

In the 2007 elections, Wahab had lost by about the same margin to Tyagi. He was then appointed as the Chairman of the municipal body of Muradnagar under the BSP government.[2]

Two-hundred fold increase in assets

A comparison of his declared assets in 2007 and 2012 shows a 200-fold increase from Rs. 30 thousand in 2007 to 6.6 million in 2012. This is the highest increase among all representatives in the 16th state legislature[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2454.htm
  2. 1 2 http://www.dailypioneer.com/city/48144-bsp-sweeps-four-assembly-seats-.html
  3. ↑ "Analysis of Asset Increase Details for Newly Elected MLAs of Uttar Pradesh 2012 Assembly" (PDF). Association for Democratic Reforms,. March 10, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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