Congress has the richest candidate for UP poll's phase 1
Nazir Ahmad, Congress' candidate from Agra South, is the richest person contesting in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017. As per an Election Watch report by the Association for Democratic Reforms, Ahmad owns total assets of over ₹200 crore, with movable assets of worth ₹194 crore. Ahmad, a shoe businessman by profession, had lost 2012 assembly elections.