Tuesday, December 10, 2013

17 out of 31 BJP MLAs in Delhi have declared Criminal Cases against them finds ADR

17 out of 31 BJP MLAs in Delhi have declared Criminal Cases against them finds ADR
Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Delhi Election Watch (DEW) have analyzed the self-sworn affidavits of all 70 newly elected MLAs in the Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections.

 Summary and Highlights:

Asset and Criminal background Comparison of Re-elected MLAs:

Number of Re-elected MLAs: Delhi Election Watch has analysed the affidavits of all 22 re-elected MLAs.

 Re-elected Winners with Criminal Cases: There are 15 re-elected MLAs who have declared criminal cases in 2013. Out of these 15 re-elected MLAs, 10 had declared criminal cases in the last assembly elections too.

 Average Asset growth of Re-elected MLAs in 2013 Elections: The average asset of these 22 re-elected MLAs now in 2013 is Rs 14.22 Crores. The average assets of these 22 MLAs in 2008 was Rs. 3.24 Crores. The average asset growth of these 22 re-elected MLAs is 338% or by Rs. 10.97 Crores.                                                                

Party Wise Average Asset Increase: 13 re-elected MLAs of BJP have shown an average asset increase of 392% or Rs 14.10 Crores. Similarly for 8 re-elected MLAs of INC the average asset increase is 237% or  Rs 7.20 Crores. 1 re-elected MLA of JD(U) has shown an average increase in assets of 164% or Rs 45.89 Lakhs.

·Highest growth In Assets in 5 years (2008-2013): The maximum growth in assets has been for Sat Prakash Rana of BJP from Bijwasan Constituency. He has declared an increase of Rs. 105.51 Crores (1652%) i.e from Rs. 6.38 Crores in 2008 to Rs. 111.89 Crores in 2013(Sat Prakash Rana has not declared the value of two vehicles in his 2008 affidavit). Assets of Devender Yadav of INC from Badli Constituency have increased by Rs 20.04 Crores (271%), i.e. from Rs. 7.38 Crores in 2008 to Rs 27.43 Crores in 2013(Devender Yadav has not declared the value of two vehicles and two LIC policies in his 2008 affidavit). Assets of Dharm Dev Solanki of BJP from Palam Constituency have risen by Rs 18.01 Crores (191%), from Rs 9.42 Crores in 2008 to Rs 27.43 Crores in 2013 (Dharm Dev Solanki has not declared value of two vehicles and LIC policy of Rs. 6 Lakhs has not been considered in his 2008 affidavit).

Financial, Criminal and Other details of newly elected MLAs in the Delhi Assembly Elections, 2013



Party Name
Total number of MLAs analyzed
Crorepati MLAs
% Crorepatis
Average Assets (Rs.)
MLAs with declared Criminal Cases
% of MLAs with declared criminal cases
Male MLAs
Female MLAs
BJP
31
30
97%

Rs 12,49,21,821
~ 12 Crore+
17
55%

31
0
Aam Aadmi Party
28
12

43%

Rs 1,82,29,392
~ 1 Crore+
3
11%

25
3
INC
8
7

88%

Rs 10,25,13,053
~ 10 Crore+
2
25%

8
0
SAD
1
1

100%

Rs 2,35,51,23,043
~ 235 Crore+
1
100%

1
0
IND
1
1
100%

Rs 1,57,65,257
~ 1 Crore+
1
100%
1
0
JD(U)
1
0

0%

Rs 73,95,822
~ 73 Lacs+
1
100%
1
0
All Parties
70
51

73%

Rs 10,83,05,542
10 Crore+
25
36%

67
3
 
Financial:

Crorepati MLAs: 51 (73%) out of 70 MLAs are crorepatis. In 2008, 47 (69%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Party Wise Crorepati MLAs: 30 (97%) out of 31 BJP MLAs are crorepatis while 12 (43%) out of 28 MLAs of AAP are crorepatis. There are 7 crorepati MLAs from INC and one MLA from SAD. The only Independent MLA is also a crorepati.

Average Assets: The average asset per MLA in the Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections is Rs. 10.83 Crores. In 2008, it was Rs. 2.94 Crores.


Comparison of Crorepati MLAs (2008-2013):



Party Name
Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections
Delhi 2008 Assembly Elections
Total number of MLAs analyzed
Crorepati MLAs
Percentage of Crorepati MLAs
Total number of MLAs analyzed
Crorepatis MLAs
Percentage of Crorepati MLAs
BJP
31
30
97%
23
19
83%
AAM AADMI PARTY
28
12
43%
0
0
0%
INC
8
7
88%
40
25
63%
IND
1
1
100%
1
1
100%
Others
2
1
50%
4
2
50%
Total
70
51
73%
68
47
69%