New Delhi: A hype created by the reports which claimed that Sonia Gandhi is the 12th richest political leader in the world has finally passed the instance as the Huffington Post World has now removed the Congress president’s name from the list of rich world leaders.

Nevertheless the Huffington Post report now carries a note at the bottom of the article which states 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”, stated the report.

The Huffington Post World had earlier published a report claiming that Sonia Gandhi has 2 billion USD wealth, and is richer than Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Syria President Bashar al-Assad. Although the report did not mention how it arrived at this conclusion.

Based on available data, the Huffington Post World came up with a list of the 20 richest world leaders currently in power.

Meanwhile as per the actually records, Gandhi, while filing her nomination for the Lok Sabha election in 2009, had declared that she owns neither a car nor a house in India. However, she had mentioned owning an ancestral home in Italy valued at Rs 18.02 lacs.

If it is to be estimated Sonia Gandhi’s assets according to the affidavit, is around Rs 1.38 crore. Sonia Gandhi’s affidavit says that she had Rs 75,000 in cash and Rs 28.61 lakh in bank deposits. In addition, she had mutual funds worth about Rs 20 lakh and Rs12 lakh in Reserve Bank of India bonds.

Sonia Gandhi’s jewellery, weighing about 2.5 kg, was valued at Rs 11 lakh while 88 kg of silver possessed by her was stated to be worth about Rs 18 lakh. She also owns two plots of agricultural land. Sonia Gandhi paid Rs 558,000 in income tax for the assessment year 2008-09 and Rs 32,512 in wealth tax.