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Some of the richest candidates successful the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls are the beedi barons of Murshidabad territory who are contesting from 1 of the poorest areas of the State, highlighting a monolithic spread betwixt governmental wealthiness and idiosyncratic distress.
According to an investigation of candidates’ wealthiness done by the Association for Democratic Reforms and West Bengal Election Watch, it shows that Jakir Hossain, a beedi baron from Murshidabad’s Jangipur constituency fielded by the Trinamool Congress, is the richest campaigner successful the fray and has assets worthy ₹133 crores.
