Jayalalithaa's assets have doubled to 51 crores

Chennai: Jayalalithaa has filed her nomination for the Tamil Nadu elections today. Her assets, according to her nomination papers, stand at 51 crores now.

In the last election, she was worth 24.65 crores.

The leader of the AIADMK is contesting the elections for the first time from the Srirangam constituency in the Tiruchi district of the state. In the last two elections, she won from the Andipatti constituency.

She also released her party's manifesto today. It includes 20 kgs of free rice every month for all ration card holders, free fans, mixies and grinders for women, free laptops for senior school students and engineering students. She has also committed to gifting four grams of gold for the 'mangalsutras' for brides from poor families. There's more: 60,000 cows will be gifted to 6,000 villages if she is elected. (Read: AIADMK offers laptops, gold for mangalsutra)


Tamil Nadu votes on April 13. Jayalalithaa's alliance partners include the Left and actor-politician Vijayakanth and his party, the DMDK.

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