WAYANAD: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday filed his nomination from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, where he in an affidavit declared that he owns assets worth Rs. 15.88 crore. In the 2014 elections, he had declared the value of his total assets as Rs 9.4 crore.

Gandhi has declared movable assets of Rs 5,80,58,799 and immovable assets worth Rs 10,08,18,284, with his total assets being worth Rs 15,88,77,083.

Gandhi has Rs 40,000 as cash-in-hand and Rs 17.93 lakh as deposits in various banks. He also has investments worth Rs 5.19 crore in bonds, debentures and shares in various companies in mutual funds. Gandhi's assets also include 333.3 grams of gold.

He continues to own a share in the inherited farm in Sultanpur Village in Delhi. The affidavit also shows that Gandhi owns two office spaces in Gurugram.

The affidavit shows that the total income for the year 2017-18 was Rs 1,11,85,570. Gandhi has declared that his source of income was MP's salary, Royalty income, rental income, interest from bonds, dividends and capital gain from mutual funds.

The Congress chief has said that his education qualification was M.Phil (Development Studies) from Trinity college, University of Cambridge in 1995.

The affidavit shows that Rahul Gandhi does not own a car and as an SPG protectee he is required to travel in an SPG vehicle for security reasons.

Gandhi has also declared in his affidavit that there were five cases pending against him. Two of the cases against him are registered in Maharashtra and one each in Jharkhand, Assam and New Delhi, according to the affidavit.

Gandhi filed his nomination papers on Thursday, the last day for filing of papers, for the April 23 Lok Sabha polls in Kerala. The Congress chief, who is also contesting from Amethi, was accompanied by his sister and AICC secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, filed the nomination at the district collectorate at Kalpetta in Wayanad.

After completing the nomination procedures at the collectorate, Rahul Gandhi along with Priyanka Gandhi and senior leaders of the Congress-led UDF in Kerala undertook a roadshow to greet the voters of the constituency.

Wayanad will witness a triangular contest with Left Front constituent CPI's P P Suneer and BJP-backed NDA candidate Thushar Vellappally also in the fray.

(With inputs from PTI)