Forty MLAs, comprising 22 per cent of the Assembly, have declared criminal cases
Gujarat has a new Assembly, days after the ruling BJP won an unprecedented seventh term in office. Recently, the Association for Democratic Reforms released a report on the new MLAs, detailing their criminal, financial, and other records.
Here are the key takeaways from the report:
- Forty MLAs, comprising 22 per cent of the Assembly, have declared criminal cases against themselves. This is however less than the 2017 figure, when 47 legislators had declared criminal cases.
- At least 29 out of the 40 MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Serious offences include those that are non-bailable, carry a maximum punishment of five or more years, relate to losses to exchequer, assault, murder, kidnap, rape, or find a mention in the People Act (Section 8) and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Three candidates face attempt to murder cases while one winner has declared a rape case under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.
- Twenty-six out of the 156 winning candidates from the BJP and nine out of the 17 winning candidates from Congress have declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Twenty out of the 156 newly-elected BJP MLAs and four out of 17 candidates who won on a Congress ticket have declared serious criminal offences against themselves.
- There are more 'crorepati' winners this time than in 2017. Out of the 182 newly-elected MLAs, 151 are 'crorepati' - 10 more than in 2017.
- All three Independents and the lone Samajwadi Party winner - Kandhalbhai Jadeja - have declared assets worth over ₹ one crore.
- Over 80 per cent of the winning candidates from the Congress and the BJP are 'crorepati'. Fourteen out of the 17 newly-elected Congress MLAs and 132 out of the 156 BJP winners have declared assets of over ₹ one crore.
- The average assets per winning candidate for all 156 BJP winners is ₹17.15 crore. For the 17 Congress winners, this figure stands at ₹5.51 crore.
- BJP's Jayantibhai Patel is the richest legislator in the incoming Assembly, with assets worth over ₹661 crore. Kokani Mohanbhai Dhedabhai of the BJP is the poorest winning candidate, with assets worth ₹18.56 lakh.
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