Very important information has come to light in a report by ‘Association for Democratic Reforms’ (ADR), an organization working for electoral reforms. According to the ADR report, out of the 514 outgoing Lok Sabha MPs, 225 i.e. 44 percent have declared criminal cases against themselves in their election affidavits. Not only this, it was also revealed in the ADR report that after analyzing the affidavits of these outgoing MPs, it was found that 5 percent of them are billionaires, whose assets are more than Rs 100 crore.
Serious criminal cases against 29 percent
According to the ADR report, 29 per cent of the outgoing MPs with criminal cases have serious criminal cases registered against them, including charges of murder, attempt to murder, promoting communal disharmony, kidnapping and crimes against women. The report said that among the outgoing MPs with serious criminal cases against them, 9 have murder cases against them. According to this, 5 of these MPs are from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). According to the report, apart from this, 28 outgoing MPs have declared in their election affidavits that cases related to attempt to murder have been registered against them. Of these, 21 MPs are from BJP. The same ADR report said that 16 outgoing MPs are facing charges related to crimes against women, including three of them facing rape charges.
Most MPs of BJP-Congress are billionaires
The financial condition of these MPs has also been analyzed in the ADR report. According to the report, among major political parties, BJP and Congress have the highest number of MPs who are billionaires, although other parties also have a significant number of such MPs. According to the report, in state-wise criminal cases, more than 50 per cent of MPs from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh are facing criminal charges. Also, ADR’s analysis found that some MPs have assets worth billions of rupees, while others have very little.
Only 15 percent are women MPs
According to the ADR report, the top three MPs who have declared maximum assets are Nakul Nath (Congress), DK Suresh (Congress), and K. Raghu Ram Krishna Raju (Independent) who has assets worth billions of rupees. The report also highlights the educational background and age of the MPs. According to the report, 73 percent of MPs are graduates or have higher educational qualifications, while only 15 percent of the outgoing MPs are women.
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