Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav. File | Photo credit: ANI
Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha and the state Leader of the Opposition have at least one thing in common – a love of guns.
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All three filed their nomination papers for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections. According to his election affidavit filed on Wednesday (October 15, 2025), Mr Yadav has an Italian Beretta NPB 380 caliber pistol and 50 rounds worth ₹1.5 lakh. His rival, Mr Choudhary, who submitted his nomination papers on Thursday (October 16, 2025), has a rifle worth ₹4 lakh and a revolver given by his father worth ₹2 lakh. Mr. Sinha owns a rifle and a revolver.
Mr. Yadav and his family have total assets worth ₹8.98 crore, including movable assets worth ₹6.12 crore. His wife Rajshree alias Rachel Iris Godinho has ₹ 59.69 lakh and their two minor children, Katyayani Irish Yadav and Iraj Lalu Yadav, have more than ₹ 40 lakh.
Mr. Yadav has 18 criminal cases against him and four are under appeal. The 36-year-old man said he studied up to 9th grade. He and his family own jewelery worth ₹86.9 lakh – 980 grams of gold worth ₹83.93 lakh and 3.5 kg of silver worth ₹2.97 lakh. He owns no vehicles, the affidavit states.
Mr Yadav has two joint savings accounts in a private bank with his mother Rabri Devi and elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav.
Mr. Tej Pratap, who was expelled from Rashtriya Janata Dal, started his own political party Janshakti Janata Dal. He filed his nomination papers for the Mahua Assembly seat. His movable assets are worth ₹91.65 crore. He has real estate in agricultural and non-agricultural land worth ₹1.96 crore and owns 200 grams of gold worth ₹22 crore besides a motorcycle worth ₹6.85 crore and a fleet of cars. The leader faces eight criminal proceedings against him.
Apart from the two guns, Mr Choudhary has total assets worth ₹99.32 lakh, including jewelery and precious metals worth ₹20 lakh, and a car. His wife, Kumari Mamta, has total assets worth ₹27.89 lakh and his two children have assets worth ₹67.13 lakh. The Deputy Chief Minister has immovable assets of ₹2.3 million, his wife’s immovable assets are valued at ₹65.59 million. The manager has two criminal cases against him.
Jan Suraaj Party President Prashant Kishor questioned his educational background and claimed that he had failed in the 10th class examination. According to the affidavit, Mr Choudhary’s highest qualification is Doctor Litt (Hons) from Kamraj University.
Mr. Sinha has total assets worth over ₹1 crore. He has bank deposits of ₹ 29 lakh and has invested more than ₹ 45 lakh in the stock market. He has 90 grams of gold worth ₹10 lakhs, which he received as a gift during a family marriage. His wife Sushila Devi’s total assets are worth ₹2.81 crore, which includes 450 grams of gold worth ₹49.5 crore, an SUV worth over ₹24 crore and an equity balance of over ₹1.27 crore in Shiva Enterprises.
Mr Sinha, who filed his papers on Wednesday (October 15, 2025), has real estate assets of ₹3.2 crore, while his wife has assets worth ₹4.5 crore, which include agricultural and commercial land in Mokama, Patna and Pune.
Janata Dal (United) candidate Anant Singh, also known as Chhote Sarkar, declared assets of ₹37.88 crore. The ‘Bahubali’ leader, a former don, has 28 criminal cases pending against him.
His wife, Neelam Devi, won the Mokama seat on an RJD ticket in 2020 and later moved to the NDA. While Mr Singh has immovable assets worth ₹11.22 crore, his wife has movable assets worth ₹13.07 crore and immovable assets worth ₹49.65 crore.
Mr. Singh, a five-term MLA from Mokama, has gold jewelery worth ₹15 lakh, while his wife has gold jewelery worth ₹76.61 lakh. He owns three luxury SUVs worth ₹3.23 crore, while his wife owns three cars worth ₹77.62 crore. Their assets also include horses and cows worth ₹1.9 million.
Published – 16 Oct 2025 21:05 IST
