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PATNA: A majority of Bihar legislators seem to have excelled in wealth creation for themselves more than lawmaking business, their primary job, over the past five years.JD (U)'s Punam Devi Yadav leads the 160 MLAs whose wealth has increased manifold. In 2010, she had assets worth Rs 1.87 crore. Now, according to her election affidavits, it is Rs 41.34 crore, an increase of 2103%. Many wonder if such a phenomenal growth is possible even if one takes into consideration the Election Commission's permission to show assets at their current market value. Punam is seeking re-election from Khagaria seat on a ruling party ticket.Details of Punam's assets appear along with those of other lawmakers in a report prepared by the Bihar Election Watch and Association for Democratic Research ADR ). The report said the average increase of wealth is Rs 1.71 crore in five years.In defence, Punam says the cost of her land multiplied many times in five years. "Also, I bought five bighas of land during the period," she told TOI on Monday.JD (U)'s Nawada MLA Purnima Yadav, who is now Congress's candidate for Govindpur, has reported 480% increase in her assets in five years - from Rs 2.78 crore in 2010 to Rs 16.14 crore now.The worth of BJP's Lakhisarai MLA Vijay Kumar Sinha's assets has gone up from Rs 4.13 crore to Rs 15.64 crore while RJD's Darbhanga (rural) MLA Lalit Kumar Yadav 's assets have increased from Rs 2.83 crore to Rs 12.89 crore. The assets of Samajwadi Party's Chiraia MLA Avaneesh Kumar Singh have risen from Rs 1.25 crore to Rs 8.18 crore.ADR's analysis says the average increase in the assets of the 160 MLAs is 199% during the five years. Partywise, 66 of these MLAs belong to BJP; 52 to JD (U) and 12 to RJD. The list also features seven of Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha MLAs and one CPI MLA Awadhesh Kumar Rai (Bachhwara). The worth of the Communist legislator's assets has increased from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 48 lakh, up by 60%.