According to his poll affidavit, Chowdhury has ₹94,500 cash in hand, while his wife, Atasi, has ₹7.25 lakh.
His movable assets include ₹6.42 lakh in four bank accounts, mutual fund investments worth ₹8.15 lakh, a life insurance policy of ₹3 lakh, a vehicle valued at ₹22.27 lakh, and gold jewellery worth ₹27.60 lakh.
His total movable assets stand at ₹48.40 lakh.
In comparison, the movable assets of the senior Congress leader’s wife amount to ₹1.27 crore, including bank deposits, mutual funds, insurance, a car worth ₹2.79 lakh and jewellery valued at over ₹1 crore.
In his 2024 Lok Sabha election affidavit, the former West Bengal Congress chief had declared having ₹2.11 lakh cash in hand and his wife ₹5.49 lakh.
His total movable assets then were valued at ₹39.35 lakh, while his wife’s stood at ₹64.41 lakh. At that time, he had also declared immovable assets worth ₹2.78 crore, while his wife owned properties worth ₹49 lakh.
The April 1 affidavit also states that a dependent of the Congress leader owns movable assets worth ₹27.92 lakh.
Chowdhury himself does not own any immovable property.
His wife has liabilities of ₹24.62 lakh, including a bank loan of ₹7.91 lakh.
In the affidavit for the West Bengal Assembly polls, filed on April 1, Chowdhury has declared three pending criminal cases against him — two in Murshidabad and one in Malda district — though no charges have been framed in any of them yet.
The affidavit notes that his formal education is up to Class 9, though the senior Congress leader has shown great communication skills in Hindi and English in his long parliamentary and political career.
Chowdhury had first contested an Assembly election in 1991 from Nabagram in Murshidabad and lost. He then went on to win the seat in 1996, marking his debut as an MLA.
Over the next three decades, he established himself as a prominent Congress face, winning the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat five consecutive times and serving in key positions, including Union Minister of State for Railways and the Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.
He lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election to Trinamool Congress candidate Yusuf Pathan.
