Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav shares details of assets

Akhilesh Yadav has became the first Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to declare his assets publicly.

Akhilesh (38), who declared his assets on the UP government website, owns three residential plots - two in Lucknow and one in Etawah - besides agriculture land worth Rs. 98 lakh. He has investments totalling Rs. 1 crore, and Rs. 1.18 crore in cash.

The Chief Minister also has a Pajero worth Rs. 20 lakh and loan worth Rs. 1.3 crore against his name.

Akhilesh took over as the state Chief Minister from Mayawati earlier this month after his Samajwadi Party's sweeping win in the assembly elections. Maywati too had declared her assets earlier this month when she filed for her Rajya Sabha nomination. Mayawati declared her assets at Rs. 111 crore. Behenji, as the former chief minister is known, in her declaration had said she has 380 carats of diamonds, and one kilogram of gold. Together, these are worth just under a crore. Her silver dinner set, which weighs nearly 20 kgs, is worth 9 lakhs.