According to the report, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president DK Shivakumar is the richest MLA in the country with assets worth Rs 1,413 crore. In contrast to this, a BJP MLA from West Bengal owns assets of just Rs 1,700.
Kerala Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed self-sworn affidavits of 20 of the 21 ministers, including that of Pinarayi Vijayan who was sworn-in as chief minister on May 20.
A detailed analysis of affidavits of 241 winning candidates in Bihar Assembly elections shows that 194 (81 per cent) of them have assets in crores.
Political parties have collected Rs 11,234 crore from unknown sources in the last 15 years, according to election watchdog, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Saturday said it is assessing the amount that can be paid towards AGR dues, even as it flagged concerns over the continuation of its business.
An analysis of the declarations made by these MLAs reveals that 43 of them face criminal cases, of whom 37 have declared serious charges including those related to rape, attempt to murder and crime against women, as per a study by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a non-government organisation working on electoral reforms.
Of the 716 women candidates analysed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 100 (15 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 78 (11 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against their names, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
10 bills were withdrawn and 23 bills remain pending, it further said.
ADR report on legislators earning
Shiv Sena leads with Rs 25.65 cr from 297 donations followed by AAP , which has declared receiving Rs 24.73 cr from 3865 donations. SAD is at third place.
The report, based on the submissions made to the Election Commission, compared the total income of the BJP and Congress, their expenditure and sources of income.
Eight out of 32 candidates contesting the bye-elections have criminal cases registered against them, Uttar Pradesh chief co-ordinator Sanjay Singh said after releasing the ADR report.
BJP received a whopping Rs 705.81 crore from 2,987 corporate donors between financial years 2012-13 and 2015-16, a report by the ADR revealed on Thursday.
A total of 107 candidates who are in the fray for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to be held on February 15 have declared criminal cases against themselves, an ADR report said.
A total of 91 out of 637 candidates contesting the Uttarakhand Assembly election have declared that they have criminal cases against them, an ADR report has said.
The government has imposed a Rs 2,000 upper limit for cash donations political parties.
As much as 69 per cent of the total income of six national parties and 48 regional parties in the last 11 years came from unknown sources, according to data collected by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
India’s regional political parties have witnessed a decline of about 20 per cent in donations, equal to or more than Rs 20,000, that they received in 2015-16.
Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea for disclosure of sources of income by candidates for parliamentary and assembly elections and issued notices to the Centre and the Election Commission.
Revealing the darker side of the Indian politics, a study found that as many as 34 per cent of the State Ministers have declared criminal cases against them, while 76 per cent are crorepatis with
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