Richest candidates in Tamil Nadu elections: Tamil Nadu elections: AIADMK’s Lima Rose Martin declares assets worth Rs 1,049.5 crore, becomes richest candidate in the state | trichy news
Trichy: AIADMK candidate Lima Rose Martin, wife of lottery businessman Santiago Martin and contesting from Lalgudi assembly constituency in Trichy district, has declared her total assets of Rs 1,049.5 crore in her election nomination papers. He is the richest candidate in the Tamil Nadu elections, surpassing all the Chief Minister candidates of the state. The 58-year-old female candidate, who passed class VI from a government higher secondary school in Thiruvadanai near Ramanathapuram district, has declared her income of Rs 9.8 crore for the financial year 2024-25.
Her husband Santiago Martin, whose annual income during the same period was Rs 11.3 crore, is known to have donated to several political parties in the country. The annual income of this affluent couple’s son, Jose Dyson Martin, was estimated at Rs 19.5 crore.Lima, a resident of GN Mills in Coimbatore, has declared her movable assets at Rs 139.6 crore, while her husband Martin’s movable assets have been declared at Rs 3,262 crore. The 159-page election affidavit lists the value of the AIADMK candidate’s immovable assets at Rs 909.9 crore and her husband Martin’s immovable assets at Rs 887.3 crore.Lima Rose has invested its shares in many sectors including real estate, merchandise, gaming and hotel services. In a striking similarity with TVK leader and actor-politician Vijay, who is contesting the TN Assembly elections, AIADMK’s Lima and her husband own three TVS XL mopeds. The Lima has only three cars to its name, Hyundai Creta, Mahindra Thar and Maruti Dezire. Her husband owns a Lexus LX 570, BMW 530d and a 1991 registered Maruti car. His son Jose Dyson Martin owns three Royal Enfield bikes. Lima Rose’s real estate assets are in Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Tiruppur and Sivagangai districts. The candidate owns agricultural land in Singhola village, about 40 km north of New Delhi, and Nedumbassery in Ernakulam, Kerala. There are four pending criminal cases registered against him.
