Sonia Gandhi's Name Removed From the List Of Top 20 Rich Politicians!

After a total confusion on things, Huffingston post has removed the name of Sonia Gandhi from the 12th most richest leaders in the world. Huffingston post had named Mrs. Gandhi to be richer than the queen of England in their earlier post.

The Huffington Post report now carries a footnote at the bottom of the article stating, "Sonia Gandhi and the former emir of Qatar Hamid bin Khalifa al-Thani have been removed from this list. Gandhi was originally included based on a listing on a third party site which was subsequently called into question. Our editors have been unable to verify the amount, removed the link, and regret any confusion."

According the list, Sonia Gandhi was worth $2 billion (approximately Rs 12,000 crore). However the survey did not specify any methodology or source of information.

It claimed that the HuffPost World had compiled the list based on available data.

The Congress had reacted angrily to the list and had rubbished the report saying that it is an attempt to malign the image of Sonia Gandhi, who actually leads a simple life.

The report had placed Sonia Gandhi as richer than Elizabeth II, the Queen of England and Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria.

Huffington Post list of the top 20 richest world leaders (Revised):

1. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia - $40 billion

2. Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand - $30 billion

3. Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei - $20 billion

4. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia - $18 billion

5. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE - $15 billion

6. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emir of Dubai - $14 billion

7. Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea - $5 billion

8. Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechstenstein - $5 billion

9. Mohammed VI, King of Morocco - $2.5 billion

10. Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile - $2.5 billion

13. Albert II, Prince of Monaco - $1 billion

14. Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman - $700 million

15. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea - $600 million

16. Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria - $550 million

17. Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan - $500 million

18. Elizabeth II, Queen of England - $500 million

19. Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait - $400 million

20. Mswati III, King of Swaziland - $100 million

Source: IBN Live
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- Unknown Updated at: Tuesday, December 03, 2013