150 MPs with criminal cases in new LS

150 MPs with criminal cases in new LS-
150 MPs with criminal cases in new LS

22% Increase In Tainted MPs Compared With Those Elected In 2004: Poll Watchdog

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Prominent dons like Vijay Shukla, D P Yadav and Mukhtar
Ansari, as well as wives of many convicted politicians, may have bitten
the dust at the hustings this time but many tainted personalities have
still managed to make it to the 15th Lok Sabha.

An analysis of the affidavits filed by contestants reveals that there
has been a 22% increase in MPs with criminal cases compared with those
elected in 2004.

About 150 newly elected MPs have criminal cases pending against them.
These include 73, who have serious charges under various counts of the
IPC pending against them.

According to poll watch group National Election Watch, which conducted
the analysis, BJP has the maximum '" 42 MPs with criminal cases pending
against them.

The saffron party is closely followed by Congress with 41, SP comes third with eight while BSP has six.

Topmost in the list of prominent personalities with criminal cases who
lost the polls: Atiq Ahmad of Apna Dal, UP; Vijay Shukla of JD(U),
Bihar; Mitrasen of SP, UP and Akhilesh Singh, Independent, who fought
from Nawada, Bihar. Dinesh Rathour, another independent candidate who
fought from Araria in Bihar, tops the losers chart prepared on the
basis of the number of IPC cases filed against these individuals.

UP has the maximum 31 newly elected MPs with criminal cases while
Maharashtra comes in second with 23. They are followed by Bihar (17),
Andhra Pradesh (11), Gujarat (11), Karnataka (9) and West Bengal and
Tamil Nadu with seven each.

Giving out other details about elections 2009, National Election Watch,
a body which comprises former IIM professors and ex-chief election
commissioner J M Lyngdoh, stated that 369 parties contested the polls,
of which only 36 parties were successful in sending at least one MP
into the Lok Sabha. Of these, 19 parties have three or less MPs.

Top 10 MPs with serious criminal charges

Jagdish Sharma, Jahanabad (Bihar), JD(U): Accused in 6 cases with 17
serious IPC counts Bal Kumar Patel, Mirzapur (UP), SP: Accused in 10
cases with 13 serious IPC counts Prabhatsinh P Chauhan, Panchmahal
(Gujarat), BJP: 3 cases with 10 serious IPC counts Kapil Muni
Karwariya, Phulpur (UP), BSP: 4 cases with 8 serious IPC counts P
Karunakaran, Kasaragod (Kerala), CPM: 12 cases with 6 serious IPC
counts Lalu Prasad, Saran (Bihar), RJD: 2 cases with 6 serious IPC
counts

Kunvarjibhai M Bavaliya, Rajkot (Gujarat), Cong: 2 cases with 6 serious IPC counts

Vitthalbhai H Radadiya, Porbandar (Gujarat), Cong: 16 cases with 5 serious IPC counts

Varun Gandhi, Pilibhit (UP), BJP: 6 cases with 5 serious IPC counts

Chandrakant R Patil, Navsari (Gujarat), BJP: 6 cases with 5 serious IPC counts

300 crorepati MPs in new Lok Sabha and We give Rs 500/-to Mr.Deepak the radio announcer at CST who saved many lived on 26.11 WAH KYA BAAT HAI !

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Members of the 15th Lok Sabha may not be too bothered about
salary hikes for themselves. Not with as many as 300 crorepatis getting
the people's mandate this time '" up 95% from 154 in the last Lok Sabha.

According to assets declared before the Election Commission, the
wealthiest MP in the new House is Namma Nageswara Rao of TDP, elected
from Khammam in Andhra Pradesh. He is worth Rs 173 crore. Rao is
followed by Congress's Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra with assets of Rs
131 crore.

Others at the top of the crorepati club are L Rajagopal (Congress),
Praful Patel (NCP), Supriya Sule (NCP), Rajkumari Ratna Singh of
Pratapgarh (Congress) and Andhra CM Y S R Reddy's son Y S Rajamohan
Reddy.

The list of crorepatis was compiled by National Election Watch (NEW), a
nationwide body comprising more than 1,200 NGOs and other citizen led
organizations working on electoral reforms.

The maximum number of crorepatis were found to be from Congress (137),
followed by BJP (58), SP (14) and BSP (13). These parties are followed
by DMK and Shiv Sena.

Interestingly, JD(U) was found to have the seventh biggest group of
crorepatis in the House, ahead of 'richer' parties like NCP, BJD and
TDP.

Amongst states, maximum crorepatis are from UP (52), followed by
Maharastra (37), Andhra Pradesh (31) and Karnataka (25), Bihar (17),
Tamil Nadu (17) and MP (15). Gujarat, at number 10, has sent 12
crorepatis to the new House this time '" less than the number from
Punjab and Rajasthan.

Anil Bairwal, coordinator, NEW, said, ''The misuse of monetary
incentives to buy votes has increased sharply since the last elections
and continues to be a source of threat to real democracy.''

Bairwal doubts that development would be the priority of the new MPs
who have spent huge sums to get themselves elected. ''They are more
likely to focus on recovering the funds they spent and on giving
favours to those who supported their campaigns,'' he added.

THE BUCK STOPS HERE

1 Nageswara Rao,

Khammam, AP

TDP | Rs173 crore

2 Naveen Jindal,

Kurukshetra

CONG | Rs 131 crore

3 L Rajagopal, Vijayawada, AP, CONG | 122 crore

4 Patil Padamsinha Bajirao,

Osmanabad, Maha,

NCP | Rs 105 cr

5 Praful Patel, Bhandara- Gondiya, Maharashtra,

NCP | Rs 89 crore 6. Dr G Vivekanand, Peddapalle, AP,

CONG | Rs 72 crore

7 YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Kadapa, AP,

CONG | Rs 72 crore

8 Rajkumari Ratna Singh, Pratapgarh, UP,

CONG | Rs 67 crore

9 Harsimrat Kaur, Bathinda, Punjab,

SAD | Rs 60 crore

10 Supriya Sule, Baramati, Maharashtra,

NCP | Rs 50 crore