Check out amassed wealth of queen Mayawati. This is news article from a respectable source:
A Tribune Exclusive Maya Memsahib: Caught in the world of jewels and crowns Swati Chaturvedi
Maya and more maya
Mayawati has filed income tax returns for the year 2006-07 and paid Rs 12.5 crore as income tax and Rs 14.7 crore as advance tax in two instalments. The department is disputing this, claiming she owes more tax. She has filed her return under Delhi central circle. She owns 72 immovable properties in her name; father Prabhu Dayal’s name and brother Raj Kumar, cousin, Tej Singh and sister-in-law Nirmal Rani. She claims 307 donations from 130 donors.
New Delhi, May 20 A self-proclaimed friend of the deprived, Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh chief minister, seems to have set a world record when it comes to crowns.
In her declaration to the central income tax authorities, Mayawati has said that she possesses 5000 silver “mukuts”, 787 diamond “mukuts” and 10,000 gold “mukuts”- all gifted to her by avid admirers.
Not content with just crowns for decoration Mayawati, who adorns herself with flashy diamond jewellery, could also put a royal treasure trove to shame. Consider this: Diamond solitaires, including nose-pins, worth a whopping Rs 8.5 crore. Diamond “jadau” jewellery, worth Rs 6 crore.
Interestingly, this was part of her original declaration after which her treasure trove has grown by leaps and bounds, courtesy what she describes “loving gifts from followers,” that she is cannot
RE:khanna.vish
by Company Rep on Jul 01, 2008 09:36 PM Permalink
All rubbish data... Mayawati has inherited all these from Kanshiram and has build strong network with HNIs. All Mukut stories are rubbish. She has loads of money as part of party fund. And she is 0.001% of what BJP or Congress has.
RE:khanna.vish
by Vish on Jul 01, 2008 09:39 PM Permalink
You're missing the point. "Party Funds" are most used excuse by politicians. Wake up, My friend. What Mukuts, bungalows, diamonds have to do with party funds.