New Delhi, March 31 -- Perfume baron Maulana Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal is the second richest candidate contesting the upcoming Assam elections. The All India United Democratic Front chief, who is also a former Member of Parliament from Dhubri, is contesting the 9 April assembly poll from the Binnakandi seat in Hojai district.

Ajmal has declared an asset worth about Rs.226 crore in the election affidavit. Ajmal is the director of Ajmal Group of Companies.

The Binnakandi assembly seat did not exist before the 2023 delimitation. The seat, considered Ajmal's family stronghold, was carved out from the old Jamunamukh segment. Binnakandi falls within the Kaziranga parliamentary constituency and has over 2.6 lakh eligible voters.

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