Mizo National Front (MNF) candidate Lal Rinliana Sailo, who switched over from the Congress a month ago, has declared that his total assets ballooned by a whopping 797 percent in the past five years, according to a report by two civil society organizations on Thursday.

Analyzing the assets of contesting candidates for the November 28 Mizoram Assembly election, the Mizoram Election Watch (MEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have found that Sailo has declared total assets of Rs. 3,22,85,100 in his affidavit for the forthcoming elections. He had total assets of Rs. 36,01,219 as per the affidavit filed by him during the 2013 Assembly polls. While the MNF leader has declared his source of income as “politician”, that of his spouse is mentioned as “monthly salary from Government of Mizoram”, the report said. Mr. Sailo, a former health minister, resigned from the state Assembly on October 3 this year and also stepped down as the member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), General Secretary of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee and quit the primary membership of the ruling party on the same day.