In just five years, TN chief minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa’s assets doubledand Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s asset value have doubled in the last five years.

While Karunanidhi’s personal wealth decreased substantially, his famly’s increased by some 40 per cent as per the declaration he submitted.

The affidavit, which was filed by Jayalalithaa on Tuesday, said that the total assets of the AIADMK leader is worth about Rs 118 crore, an increase of about 130 per cent compared to 2011 year’s figure of Rs 51 crore.

Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi declared their assets while filing an affidavit along with her nomination papers in R K Nagar and Tiruvarur constituency respectively.

Jayalalithaa mentioned that she has gold articles weighing 21,280 grams, but they were seized by the police and lying with the treasury, Karnataka government. “Since the possession of the jewels is not with me, the value could not ascertained”, she added.

However, the AIADMK leader said she possessed silver articles weighing about 1,250 kg, (valued at Rs 25,000 per kg) amounting to Rs 3.12 crore. Stating that she has a fleet of nine cars, Jayalalithaa said she has liabilities of about Rs 2.04 crore.

In case of Karunanidhi, the affidavit shows that DMK leader’s asset worth is about Rs 63 crore, an increase of about 54 per cent compared to 2011’s figure of 41 crore. Karunanidhi has no jewellery, car or house in his name. Most of his assets were in his wife name. His personal assets were valued at Rs 13 crore.