Monday, September 15, 2014

MLAs with criminal records in the present #Maharashtra assembly



Out of the 284 outgoing MLAs from the 2009 Maharashtra assembly 11 (14%) out of 81 MLAs from Congress,14 (23%) out of 61 MLAs from NCP, 19 (41%) out of 46 MLAs from BJP and 24 (53%) out of 45 MLAs from Shiv Sena had declared serious criminal cases against them in their affidavits.Gilbert Mendonca of NCP from Mira Bhayandar, Vivek Raghunath Pandit Alias Bhau of an independent MLA from Vasai constituency and Chavan Vasantrao Balwantrao an Independent MLA from Naigaon constituency had declared cases of murder in their affidavits. 11 MLAs had declared attempt to murder cases, 12 MLAs had declared cases of robbery and dacoity and 6 MLAs had declared cases related to kidnapping in their affidavits.