Miner-builder Dinar Tarcar has declared wealth of Rs 211 crore

The question is why would he want to join politics, if his formula of digging up the hills for mining and building huge buildings is making him mega bucks. Dinar Tarcar is leagues ahead of the other candidates in wealth having declared Rs 211 crore. What about the wealth he has not remembered to declare? If with so much wealth this gentleman is determined to get into politics and make policies and laws for the State, then he wants more much more. Important point to note: The last time Dinar Tarcar stood for elections from Panjim constituency he declared wealth of Rs 5 crore.

Babush Monserrate probably has his own few hundred crores. It would be interesting to see the purchasing power both have, but the voters of Santa Cruz constituency can easily write their own cheques. Not only that, MGP could have fielded 40 candidates all over the state with Dinar bankrolling them.

Dinar looks at the narrow roads and old houses and says he is ready to "bring development to Santa Cruz". Will the last laugh be on the Santa Cruz voter?

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has compiled a list of interesting point on the 215 candidates contesting for 40 seats in the State Assembly of Goa.Nirmala Sawant is the second wealthiest contestant with assets worth Rs 36.30 crore, followed by Congress MLA, Mr Joaquim Alemao - Rs 31.26 crore. Pratapsing Rane - Rs 25 crore. Atanasio Monserrate has Rs 23 and his wife Jennifer has the exact same amount. Only 3 candidates have income of less than Rs 5 lakh.

ADR compared figures of today with that of 2007 and has calculated that the average assets of the sitting MLAs in 2012 is Rs 8.10 crore, a nearly 200 per cent increase from Rs 2.70 crore in the previous assembly elections.

Then there are the criminals. In 2007 18 percent had criminal cases against them. In 2012 23 percent have criminal cases against them.

The Congress has given tickets to the maximum number of criminals. The BJP have  some and the Trinamool Congress too. The criminal charges are serious, attempt to murder, theft, extortion etc. Mickky Pacheco heads the list with nine cases against him including extortion and abetment to suicide.