ationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar's wealth has grown from Rs 8 crore to Rs 32 crore in the last five years. Pawar declared this through an affidavit while filing his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra.

Pawar has mentioned his profession as an agriculturist. He had only one residence at his hometown Baramati in 2009. Its value was Rs 45.88 lakh at the time. It has become Rs 92 lakh now. Pawar has purchased another flat in New Delhi valued at Rs 1.34 crore. His office in Pune was worth Rs 2.10 crore in 2009. Pawar has mentioned that the office's present value is Rs 2.88 crore. His agriculture plots in Baramati had a collective value of Rs 95 lakh in 2009. It has grown up to Rs 1.82 crore now.

Pawar and his wife Pratibha have not added anything to their collective jewellery. They have 1.42 kg gold and 30.96 kg silver jewellery. The value of the gold jewellery was Rs 27 lakh in 2009. It has become Rs 40.62 lakh now. The silver jewellery was worth of Rs 7 lakh in 2009. It is Rs 14 lakh now.

Pawar's bank deposits have gone up to Rs 5.50 crore from Rs 1.80 crore in 2009. His investment in bonds has also grown up to Rs 4.73 crore from Rs 1.48 crore in 2009. Pawar has given a loan of Rs 9.68 crore to a few people.

The election for seven Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra is scheduled on 7 February. The 287 Members of Legislative Assembly are the voters in this election. Every candidate needs at least 37 votes to win. The Congress and NCP would win two seats each, while the BJP and Shiv Sena could win one each. The Shiv Sena has two outgoing RS members. However, the party could not retain its second seat because it does not have enough numbers.

Criminal lawyer Majeed Memon is NCP's second candidate in this election. Congress is likely to field sitting MP Hussain Dalwai and state in-charge Mohan Prakash. Shiv Sena has repeated industrialist Rajkumar Dhoot for the third time. Republican Party of India president Ramdas Athawale is likely to contest from the BJP quota. It will make BJP's sitting member Prakash Javadekar to look for a seat from another state. A BJP leader indicated that Javadekar will contest the RS election from Madhya Pradesh.