Asset disclosures submitted along with Tamil Nadu ministers’ nomination papers have been compiled based on affidavit information. The filings also include details of assets declared in the names of their spouses.

Based on those declarations, a list of the top 10 ministers’ wives with the highest reported assets has been released.

Top 10 by declared assets (as per affidavits):

  1. Santhakumari (wife of Durai Murugan) — Rs 61 crore
  2. Sharmila (wife of T.R.B. Raja) — Rs 59.82 crore
  3. Kamala (wife of Gandhi) — Rs 20.73 crore
  4. Manimegalai (wife of Thangam Thennarasu) — Rs 17.26 crore
  5. Krithika (wife of Udhayanidhi) — Rs 13.25 crore
  6. Prema (wife of Periyakaruppan) — Rs 12.81 crore
  7. Saroja (wife of Ragupathi) — Rs 11 crore
  8. Janani (wife of Mahesh) — Rs 10.11 crore
  9. Rajalakshmi (wife of Chakrapani) — Rs 9.44 crore
  10. Umadevi (wife of Saminathan) — Rs 8.39 crore

The figures reflect assets declared in the affidavits attached to nomination documents, as reported in the compiled list.