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₹10,000 In Hand, Crores On Display: The Many Contradictions In MK Stalin’s Affidavit

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MK Stalin wants you to believe he is a simple man. His sworn affidavit, filed at Kolathur on 30 March 2026, makes that case in numbers: ₹10,000 cash in hand. Zero personal vehicles. Total assets: ₹6.26 crore. Income last year: ₹30.94 lakh.

Simple. Frugal. Man of the people.

Now look at his wrist.

The Watch He Wears To Govern The Poor

Stalin has been photographed repeatedly wearing a Cartier watch – a brand whose entry-level models begin at ₹3 lakh and whose premium pieces cross ₹20 lakh. He has also been spotted in London wearing a Breitling Superocean Heritage dive watch – a timepiece that retails between ₹4 and ₹8 lakh.

 

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And it is alleged that Stalin wears a Richard Mille RM 067-01 in Rose Gold – a watch that costs upward of ₹1.5 crore at current market rates.

To be fair, watches can be gifted. They may not appear in affidavits. But that is precisely the point.

He declared ₹10,000 cash in hand. The watch on his wrist is worth more than that by a multiple that does not bear thinking about.

The Glasses He Removes To Wipe His Brow

In a widely noted piece, The Print observed Stalin’s habit of removing his designer Italian glasses — reportedly worth over ₹1 lakh — mid-speech, while lamenting the suffering of the common man.

One lakh rupees. For glasses. From the man who declared ₹10,000 cash. The man who governs Tamil Nadu on a stated personal income of ₹30.94 lakh a year.

The Car He “Doesn’t Own”

Stalin declared zero vehicles in his affidavit. And yet, the internet has not forgotten the charming viral videos, shared approvingly even by DMK supporters, of Stalin behind the wheel of a lovingly maintained vintage Fiat 1100, registration number MER 6172, described by automotive writers as one of the rarest and most well-kept vintage vehicles in any Indian politician’s garage.

 

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Who owns this Fiat? Stalin has been seen driving it personally on morning outings, accompanied by his convoy and security. It is his car in every practical sense – he drives it, he is photographed in it, he uses it for leisure. It appears in no affidavit. Perhaps the paperwork belongs to someone else. The steering wheel, clearly, does not.

And then there is the daily convoy: over 100 vehicles, including two Land Rover Defender 110s worth ₹1.5 crore each, a Toyota Vellfire, multiple bulletproof Toyota Fortuners, and 15+ Innova Crystas – all government property, all in daily use, all invisible in his declared assets, factually they are not his own.

 

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The House That Is His But Not Quite

The Gopalapuram residence, Tamil Nadu’s most politically famous address, was bought by Karunanidhi in 1955. In a 1968 settlement deed, it was registered in the names of three sons: MK Alagiri, MK Stalin, and MK Tamilarasu. In 2009, those sons handed the document back to Karunanidhi.

Following Karunanidhi’s death in 2018, Stalin has been the family’s occupant of the house. The property is in the heart of Gopalapuram, one of Chennai’s most premium localities, and its current market value, given land rates in that area, runs into several crores at minimum.

It does not appear in Stalin’s declared immovable assets of ₹2.96 crore.

Because it is not reportedly legally in his sole name. Yet he lives there. Tours guests through it. Calls it his father’s legacy.

The affidavit says ₹2.96 crore in immovable property. The house he actually lives in is not in it.

Additionally, MK Stalin rode a Daijo Pedeleze C2 Elite model bicycle, which costs around ₹ 85000. Pedaleze is an Indian E-Bike brand that offers state of art features and technology making it all the more desirable and worth the investment.

Before the 2021 assembly election, CM Stalin was riding a Merida Reacto bicycle that cost ₹178,000.

G-Square: The Real Estate Empire in the Family Circle

In April 2023, the Income Tax Department conducted raids at over 50 locations linked to G-Square Realtors Private Limited, Tamil Nadu’s largest real estate company, which operates in Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Hyderabad, Mysuru, and Bengaluru.

The allegation: G-Square’s revenues grew dramatically after DMK came to power in 2021 and the firm’s founder was reportedly a close personal associate of Stalin’s son-in-law Sabareesan. A shareholder of the firm was the son of DMK MLA MK Mohan, whose house was also raided. IT sleuths also searched Sabareesan’s own auditor’s residence.

The then-BJP state president K. Annamalai alleged, with supporting documentation, that G-Square had received unhindered government support: fast-tracked approvals, preferential treatment from the state housing department throughout Stalin’s time in power.

DMK denied everything. No conviction has followed. But 50 simultaneous IT raids do not happen on rumour alone.

The Declared Income of a Man Who Lives Like a King

For FY 2024-25, Stalin declared total income of ₹30.94 lakh – salary, bank interest, and book royalties. His wife Durga declared ₹5.33 lakh in rental income.

In that same year, Stalin travelled to London on an official delegation. He took multiple domestic trips on government aircraft. He hosted foreign dignitaries. He moved through Chennai daily in a 100-vehicle convoy. He wore a Breitling on one trip and a Cartier on others. He dined at official functions funded by the state. He holidayed — if he holidayed — under security cover paid for by the public.

Not one rupee of this appears in his ₹30.94 lakh income. Because none of it is legally his income. It is the infrastructure of power and Tamil Nadu pays every bill. The rest belong to benamis?

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