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India's richest MPs
Nama Nageswara Rao
Net Worth: Rs 173 crore
Rank: 1
Party: Telugu Desam Party
Constituency: Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation: Industrialist
Rao heads the Madhucon Group, which has interests in quarrying, construction and infrastructure.
India's richest MPs
Naveen Jindal
Net Worth: Rs 131 crore
Rank: 2
Party: Congress
Constituency: Kurukshetra, Haryana
Occupation: Industrialist
Jindal heads the steel and power business units of the OP Jindal group.
India's richest MPs
L Rajagopal
Net Worth: 122 crore
Rank: 3
Party: Congress
Constituency: Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation: Industrialist
Rajagopal is the founder the Lanco Group which has interests in construction, power, engineering and infrastructure.
India's richest MPs
Padamsinha Patil
Net Worth: Rs 105 crore
Rank: 4
Party: Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency: Osmanabad, Maharashtra
Occupation: Industrialist
Patil has interests in sugar co-operatives and has been the chairman of the Osmanabad Sahakari Bank.
India's richest MPs
Praful Patel
Net Worth: Rs 89 crore
Rank: 5
Party: Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency: Bhandara-Gondiya, Maharashtra
Occupation: Industrialist
Praful Patel comes from a family with interests in tobacco (beedi) and real-estate.
India's richest MPs
Dr G Vivekanand
Net Worth: 72 crore
Rank: 6
Party: Congress
Constituency: Peddapalle, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation: Industrialist
Vivekanand is the managing director of the Visaka Industries which has interests in cements and textiles.
India's richest MPs
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy
Net Worth: Rs 72 crore
Rank: 7
Party: Congress
Constituency: Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation: Industrialist
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who heads the Sakshi group, is the son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajshekhar Reddy.
India's richest MPs
Rajkumari Ratna Singh
Net Worth: 67 crore
Party: Congress
Rank: 8
Constituency: Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation: Social work
Ratna Singh belongs to the royal family of Oudh.
India's richest MPs
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Net Worth: Rs 60 crore
Rank: 9
Party: Shiromani Akali Dal
Constituency: Bathinda, Punjab
Occupation: Social worker
Harsimrat Kaur is the daughter-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
India's richest MPs
Supriya Sule
Net Worth: Rs 50 crore
Rank: 10
Party: Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency: Baramati, Maharashtra
Occupation: Social worker
Supriya Sule is Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's daughter. She has interests in real-estate and investments.
India's richest MPs
H D Kumaraswamy
Net Worth: Rs 48 crore
Rank: 12
Party: Janata Dal-Secular
Constituency: Banagalore Rural, Karnataka
Occupation: Social worker
H D Kumaraswamy is a former Karnataka chief minister and son of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda. Before entering politics he had interests in film production, exhibition and distribution.
In eleventh place is Surendra Singh Nagar of the Bahujan Samaj Party. He won from Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and is worth Rs 49 crore.
India's richest MPs
Priya Dutt
Net Worth: Rs 34 crore
Rank: 17
Party: Congress
Constituency: Mumbai-North Central, Maharashtra
Occupation: Social worker
Priya Dutt is the daughter of film star and former Union minister Sunil Dutt.
In thirteenth spot is the Bharatiya Janata Party's Shivakumar Udasi. He was elected from Haveri in Karnataka and is worth Rs 48 crore.
In fourteenth spot is the Congress's Preneet Kaur. She was elected from Patiala in Punjab and is worth Rs 42.2 crore.
In fifteenth spot is the Congress's Annu Tandon. Tandon was elected from Unnao in Uttar pradesh and is worth Rs 42.1 crore.
In sixteenth spot is the Congress's M Rajamohan Reddy. Reddy was elected from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and is worth Rs 36 crore.
India's richest MPs
Kapil Sibal
Net Worth: Rs 31 crore
Rank: 18
Party: Congress
Constituency: Chandni Chowk, Delhi
Occupation: Lawyer
Sibal is a Supreme Court Lawyer and legal consultant. He was Union minister for science and technology in the outgoing UPA government.
India's richest MPs
Vijayashanthi
Net Worth: 20 crore
Rank: 23
Party: Telangana Rashtriya Samiti
Constituency: Medak, Andhra Pradesh
Occupation: Actress in Telugu and Tamil films.
In nineteenth spot is Badruddin Ajmal of the Assam United Democratic Front. He was elected from Dhubri and is worth Rs 30 crore.
In twentieth spot is the Biju Janata Dal's Pinaki Misra. He was elected from Puri in Orissa and is worth Rs 29 crore.
In twenty-first spot is the Congress's Praveen Singh Aron. He was elected from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and is worth Rs 28.8 crore.
In twenty-second spot is the Congress's Datta Meghe. He was elected from Wardha in Maharashtra and is worth Rs 28.7 crore.
India richest MPs
Shashi Tharoor
Net Worth: Rs 20 crore
Rank: 27
Party: Congress
Constituency: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Occupation: Diplomat and writer
Tharoor is a former UN under-secretary general and author of many books.
In twenty-fourth spot is Congress's Vincent Pala. He was elected from Shillong in Meghalaya and is worth Rs 25 crore.
In twenty-fifth spot is the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chandrakant Patil. He was elected from Navsari in Gujarat and is worth Rs 24 crore.
In twenty-sixth spot is the Congress's Virbhadra Singh. He won from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and is worth Rs. 22 crore.
India's richest MPs
Maneka Gandhi
Net Worth: Rs 17 crore
Rank: 32
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency: Aonla, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation: Writer and animal rights activist.
Maneka Gandhi is a former Union environment minister. She is the wife of former prime minister Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay Gandhi. She is also the mother of controversial BJP MP Varun Gandhi.
In twenty-eighth spot is the Congress's D Purandeshwari. She was elected from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and is worth Rs 20 crores.
In twenty-ninth spot is the Congress's Raj Gopal Reddy. He was elected from Bhongir in Andhra Pradesh and is worth Rs 19 crores.
In thirtieth spot is the DMK's MK Alagiri. He was elected from Madurai in Tamil Nadu and is worth Rs 19 crores.
India's richest MPs
Milind Deora
Net Worth: Rs 17 crore
Rank: 33
Party: Congress
Constituency: Mumbai South, Maharashtra
Occupation: Businessman
Milind Deora has interests in plastics and chemicals. He is the son of Union Petroleum minister Murli Deora.
India's richest MPs
Shatrughan Sinha
Net Worth: Rs 15 crore
Rank: 38
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency: Patna Sahib, Bihar
Occupation: Actor
Sinha is a former superstar of Hindi films.
In thirty-fourth spot is the Congress's Shruti Choudhry. She was elected from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh in Haryana and is worth Rs 16.7 crore.
In thirty-fifth spot is the BJP's Suresh Angadi. He was elected from Belgaum in Karnataka and is worth Rs 16.4 crore.
In thirty-sixth spot is the BSP's Rakesh Pandey. He was elected from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and is worth Rs 16.4 crore
In thirty-seventh spot is the BJD's Baijayant Panda. He was elected from Kendrapara in Orissa and is worth Rs 16.1 crore.
India's richest MPs
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Net Worth: Rs 14 crore
Rank: 39
Party: Congress
Constituency: Guna, Madhya Pradesh
Occupation: Social worker
Scindia is the scion of the royal family of Gwalior and son of former Union minister Madhavrao Scindia.
India's richest MPs
Navjyot Singh Sidhu
Net Worth: Rs 14.3 crore
Rank: 41
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency: Amritsar, Punjab
Occupation: Cricketer
Sidhu is a former India cricketer and television personality
In fortieth spot is the Congress's Sambasiva Rao. He was elected from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh and is worth Rs 14.7 crore.