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He is a former scrap dealer who claims his luck changed after finding gold in the Kolar fields. Now, Yusuf Sharif is the wealthiest candidate in the forthcoming Council elections in Karnataka — and in the state’s electoral history — declaring assets worth Rs 1,744 crore.

Sharif, also known as Scrap Babu and Gujuri Babu, is the Congress MLC candidate for Bengaluru Urban. The assets declared by the 54-year-old realtor far outstrip those of the other 121 candidates for the 25 seats heading to the polls.

The declaration also puts him ahead of the likes of Priya Krishna, a former Congress MLA from Bengaluru who declared assets worth Rs 1,020 crore ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls, former Congress MLA and current BJP MLC N Nagaraj who declared Rs 1,010 crore, and Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar who declared Rs 841.72 crore in 2018.

Hailing from the Kolar gold fields (KGF) region, Sharif studied till class five in a government school. Sharif, who has two wives and five children, declared movable assets worth Rs 97.98 crore movable and immovable assets worth Rs 1,643.59 crore, in his own name.

Read more : https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-mlc-polls-wealthiest-candidate-congress-7641344/

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