Candidates in Delhi Polls with Low Income By Deepak Parvatiyar January 5, 2015 Studies have shown that politicians with deep pockets have higher chances of winning elections. However, there have been exceptions everywhere. In Delhi, Dharmender Singh Koli of the Aam Aadmi Party was the ‘poorest’ MLA with assets worth just Rs 20,800. He did not have a PAN card. Another such ‘underprivileged’ candidate who won was the AAP’s Rakhi Birla, who had declared assets worth only Rs 51,150. Despite lacking wealth – an essential prerequisite for winning modern day elections, Koli, just 28 year of age, could get the ticket and emerge victorious. He was the brother of Santosh Koli, a social activist and associate of the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal who was killed in an accident just before the Delhi elections. Obviously, the financial aspects were redundant as Koli rode high on the sympathy wave for his sister and won from Seemapuri constituency. What worked for him was general accep
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