Sarkar's wife, a retired central government employee, has Rs.22,015 in cash and Rs.24,52,395 as savings. The couple has no children. Bhattacharjee, 62, who retired in 2010, was a welfare officer of the central social welfare department. She said her husband "still washes his clothes every morning".
"My wife's pension can sustain us. My expenses are a small pot of snuff and a cigarette a day," Sarkar said. He added that the Left Front is confident of returning to power in the Feb 14 polls for a seventh time.
