Seventy-two-year-old Hazare's lands were either donated to him or family owned, according to his declaration which was made in a show of transparency.
The assets declared today by five non-government members of Lok Pal Bill drafting committee were a picture of contrast with Anna Hazare having Rs 68,688 and three pieces of land while its co-chairman Shanti Bhushan had movable assets worth over Rs 111 crore and eight immovable properties worth several crores.
The assets were made public on the eve of the first meeting of the 10-member panel which also includes five union ministers in a show of transparency by the civil society representatives, days after the anti-corruption crusader ended his 98-hour long fast.
73-year-old Hazare declared he had Rs 68,688 in bank balance and cash and three pieces of land, either donated to him or family owned.
In his statement, Hazare said two land pieces measuring 0.07 Hectares and two hectares are in his native village in Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra while 0.46 hectare of land is in Pimpianer.
He said that one of the pieces of land in Ralegan Siddhi was donated by Army to him which he has donated for village use while the Pimpianer land was donated to him by a villager.Hazare has further donated this land for village use.
Shanti Bhushan, a former law minister and eminent lawyer who is the Co-Chairman of the drafting committee has declared movable assets worth over Rs 111 crore and eight immovable properties.
In his statement, Shanti Bhushan said his total income during last 10 years is Rs136.71 crore which has been duly shown in Income Tax returns.
The properties owned by him include two houses in Sector-14 Noida each over 400 square meters, a flat at Supreme Cooperative Group Housing Society, a house at sector 43 Noida, about 9,600 square feet plot in Eagleton Golf Village Bangalore, five acres of agricultural land in Roorkee, 10,000 sq m farm land in sector-165 Noida besides one-fourth share in Allahabad House property.
Shanti Bhushan's son Prashant, also a lawyer at Supreme Court, said he owns four properties including a house at Jangpura-B New Delhi, a flat at Supreme Co-operative Group Housing Society, 4,800 square meter agricultural land at village Kandbari in Himachal Pradesh and one-fourth share in Allahabad House property. Prashant also declared movable assets worth Rs2.2 crore.
Shanti Bhushan refuted allegations that he has brought a property in Allahabad worth Rs20 crore for Rs one lakh for which stamp duty has been evaded.
He said the property in question is an old house on a three-acre land which had been in tenancy of Bhushan for the last 70 years. "In 1966 the landlord had agreed by a written agreement to sell this property to me for Rs one lakh. This became the subject of a suit for specific performance in the court," Bhushan said.
He said the case was settled through a compromise in the court by which one-third of the land was left for landlord and remaining land with house was sold to him for Rs one lakh.
Justice Santosh Hegde declared a little over Rs 32 lakh in his bank accounts and over Rs 1.5 lakh in his wife's name in different accounts. He also has a flat worth Rs 1.5 crore at Bangalore purchased in 2007. He said the sources of purchase of flat include sale of old flat worth Rs 70 lakh, Rs 30 lakh Housing loan and other sources.
Another member Magsaysay Awardee Arvind Kejariwal said he has a flat in his name with present market value of Rs 55 lakh and a little over Rs 1.35 lakh as bank balance and miscellaneous household items.
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