Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s wife earns ₹ 1.69 crore annually, more than double his income of ₹ 75.57 lakh, and owns a Geneva apartment worth around ₹ 34 crore, according to his Rajya Sabha bypoll affidavit.
Minister of state Krishna Gaur signed the consent letter as a proposer for his candidature. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav, BJP state president Hemant Khandelwal and deputy chief ministers Jagdish Deora and Rajendra Shukla were among the leaders present during the nomination process. Puri, the union minister for petroleum and natural gas, filed his nomination on Saturday for the November 12 Rajya Sabha by-election from Madhya Pradesh. The BJP announced his candidature on October 28. The Union petroleum and natural gas minister has declared immovable assets worth ₹ 20 crore, including a residential property in Delhi’s West End area. The Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant after Union minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs L Murugan resigned on October 13. His term was scheduled to end in April 2030, but his early resignation necessitated the November 12 bypoll.
Yadav said Madhya Pradesh was set to receive a pre-Diwali gift in the form of a parliamentarian like Puri.
Her income sources include pensions from the Indian government and the United Nations, rental earnings from her Geneva property and interest on bank deposits. His sources of income include his pension, salary as a Union minister, rent from his Delhi property and interest on bank deposits. Laxmi Puri’s annual income increased from ₹ 15.39 lakh to ₹ 1.69 crore over the past five years, according to the affidavit. Puri’s annual income rose from ₹ 63.36 lakh to ₹ 75.57 lakh during the same period.
