AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal (left) and BJP leader Narendra Modi. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal (left) and BJP leader Narendra Modi.

One will have to wait till May 16 to know whether Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal actually succeeds to decelerate BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's run for the ultimate power, but he has already beaten the Gujarat Chief Minister as far as the value of their assets is concerned.

The two key contestants from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency were seen competing with each other in gathering crowds in their road-shows on their respective days of nomination filing. Modi, who filed his nomination on Thursday, arguably beat Kejriwal's road show a day before in the holy city.

In his affidavit filed along with the nomination papers for the May 12 polling - the last of the nine-phase general elections - Modi has declared his total movable and immovable assets worth around Rs 1.66 crore as compared to Rs 2.14 crore declared by the bureaucrat-turned-activist-turned-politician.

The affidavit filed by Modi, who is also contesting from the Vadodara constituency in Gujarat, claims that he has property worth Rs 1 crore in addition to the overall movable assets worth Rs 65.92 lakh, which comprises Rs 32,700 cash in hand, Rs 26.05 lakh as bank balance, Rs 32.49 lakh in bank fixed deposits and Rs 4.34 lakh as other investments.

Modi's declaration does not comprise details of his wife Jashodaben's assets as he states that he has no information about her income and other requisite details. Modi, who got married at the age of 17, was in denial of it until his declaration at the time of Vadodara nomination filing on April 16.

On the other hand, Kejriwal on Wednesday declared movable and immovable assets worth Rs 2.14 crore belonging to him and his wife. His affidavit states that he has two flats - one in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram area (market value Rs 55 lakh) and another in Haryana's Shivani (Rs 37 lakh) - while his wife Sunita Kejriwal has a 2,244 square feet flat in Gurgaon worth Rs 1 crore.

The former Delhi chief minister has declared his movable assets at around Rs 4.25 lakh, including Rs 15,000 cash in hand and Rs 4.1 lakh deposit in banks. His wife's overall movable assets is worth about Rs 17.42 lakh, including Rs 10,000 cash, bank deposit of Rs 1.04 lakh, Rs 36,490 in mutual fund, 300 gm gold worth Rs 9 lakh and 500 gm silver worth Rs 24,000.

While Modi has declared zero liability, the Kejriwals' have a liability of nearly Rs 41 lakh.