Assam candidate has 37 bank accounts, 32 vehicles

Sewli Mohilary, the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) candidate from Kokrajhar Assembly constituency, has 37 bank accounts and owns 32 vehicles, including 16 tipper trucks and four tractors.

The 49-year-old candidate, who is the wife of Bodoland Territorial Council chief Hagrama Mohilary, declared total assets worth ₹54.04 crore. This includes ₹5.26 crore across 37 bank accounts and vehicles worth more than ₹12 crore.

Among Ms. Mohilary’s movable assets stated in her affidavit are machinery worth ₹12.59 crore. Her immovable assets worth ₹20.03 crore include several agricultural plots and commercial buildings.

Her husband, in comparison, is relatively poor. He operates eight bank accounts and owns a high-end SUV; his total assets are worth ₹9.17 crore.

However, Ms. Mohilary is way behind 70-year-old Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal, the chief of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), in terms of possessing assets. The latter, a perfume baron, declared ₹222.34 as total assets.

His immovable assets, including cash across eight bank accounts — six of them in Mumbai — are worth ₹52.43. According to his affidavit, he owns six vehicles while his wife, Rizwana Badruddin Ajmal, owns three. The vehicles are worth ₹2.17 crore.

Mr. Ajmal, a three-time MP, is contesting the Binnakandi seat in central Assam.

Owing a friend

The combined income of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jalukbari candidate, and his entrepreneur wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma almost doubled to ₹35.16 crore in 2026 from ₹17.27 crore in 2021.

What has remained constant in the affidavits five years apart is ₹2 lakh borrowed from his childhood friend, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and Assam’s advocate general Devajit Saikia. The Chief Minister’s wife also continues to owe Mr. Saikia ₹1 lakh.

Mr. Sarma’s affidavit said he does not own any vehicle, while his wife owns an SUV bought in 2018 worth ₹21.60 lakh. His salary of ₹1.60 lakh per month is shown as his only source of income.

The combined income of the Chief Minister’s bête noire and Assam Congress president, Gaurav Gogoi, and his wife, Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi, also jumped from ₹4.66 crore in 2024 (Lok Sabha election) to ₹7.57 crore.

Mr. Gogoi, 43, listed his income as a Lok Sabha member as his only source of income. Among his immovable assets is an inherited flat in New Delhi’s Vasant Kunj. He is contesting the Assembly election from Jorhat constituency.