Tuesday, October 21, 2014

#mahaverdict : 165 alleged criminals enter #Maharashtra Assembly, finds #ADR

Out of the 288 MLAs analysed, 165 (57%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.165 MLAs who have declared pending criminal cases against themselves, 51 (31%) have declared that the charges for these cases have already been framed by the court of law.
74 (61%) out of 122 MLAs analysed from BJP, 48 (76%) out of 63 MLAs from Shiv Sena, 15 (36%) out of 42 MLAs from INC and 19 (46%) out of 41 NCP MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.


115 (40%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of 262 MLAs analysed during Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2009, 86 (33%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
46 (38%) out of 122 MLAs analysed from BJP, 35 (56%) out of 63 MLAs from Shiv Sena, 10 (24%) out of 42 MLAs from INC and 18 (44%) out of 41 NCP MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
3 MLAs have declared cases related to murder out of which two are from BJP and one is from Shiv Sena. 15 MLAs have declared cases of attempt to murder out of which 5 MLAs are from BJP, 2 are from NCP, 7 are from Shiv Sena and one is an Independent MLA. 11 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women out of these 5 are from BJP and 6 are from Shiv Sena. 8 MLAs have declared cases related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354).3 MLAs declared cases related to causing communal disharmony. These cases include promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A) and Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class (IPC Section-295).14 MLAs have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Out of these, 5 MLAs have been fielded by BJP, 6 MLAs from Shiv Sena, 2 MLAs from NCP and 1 MLA belongs to CPI(M).