Press Release: 1 Minister from Assam 2016 Assembly declares Serious Criminal Cases. 82% of Ministers are Crorepatis

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Dear Friends,

Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 11 Ministers including the Chief Minister from Assam State Assembly 2016.

Criminal Background

Minister with Criminal Cases: Only 1 minister has declared criminal cases against himself. He is Naba Kumar Doley of BJP from Dhakuakhana constituency with 1 charge related to Giving false evidence, 1 charge related to fabricating false evidence and 1 charge related to false evidence in his affidavit.

Financial Background

· Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 11 Ministers, 9 (82%) are crorepatis.

· Average Assets: The average assets of 11 Ministers are Rs 2.67 crores.

· Ministers with Highest Assets: The minister with the highest declared total assets is Naba Kumar Doley from Dhakuakhana constituency with assets worth Rs. 7.30 crores. The top three Ministers with highest declared assets are:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Naba Kumar Doley	DHAKUAKHANA	DHAKUAKHANA (ST)	BJP	1,23,75,355	6,06,25,000	7,30,00,355 7 Crore+	Y
2	Himanta Biswa Sarma	KAMRUP METRO	JALUKBARI	BJP	2,88,47,880	3,50,00,000	6,38,47,880 6 Crore+	Y
3	Rihon Daimari	UDALGURI	UDALGURI (ST)	Bodoland Peoples Front	2,26,99,496	75,30,000	3,02,29,496 3 Crore+	Y

· Ministers with Lowest Assets: The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Sri Parimal Suklabadya from Dholai constituency with assets worth Rs. 37.92 lakhs. The three Ministers with lowest declared assets are:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sri Parimal Suklabadya	CACHAR	DHOLAI (SC)	BJP	20,92,224	17,00,000	37,92,224 37 Lacs+	Y
2	Pallab Lochan Das	TEZPUR	RANGAPARA	BJP	25,84,159	28,71,200	54,55,359 54 Lacs+	Y
3	Keshab Mahanta	KALIABOR	KALIABOR	Asom Gana Parishad	84,96,115	85,00,000	1,69,96,115 1 Crore+	Y

· Liabilities: A total of 9 ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Himanta Biswa Sarma of Jalukbari constituency with Rs. 2.14 crores of liabilities. Top three ministers with high liabilities are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Himanta Biswa Sarma	KAMRUP METRO	JALUKBARI	BJP	6,38,47,880 6 Crore+	2,14,56,555 2 Crore+	Y
2	Naba Kumar Doley	DHAKUAKHANA	DHAKUAKHANA (ST)	BJP	7,30,00,355 7 Crore+	1,12,22,998 1 Crore+	Y
3	Atul Bora	BOKAKHAT	BOKAKHAT	Asom Gana Parishad	2,25,07,607 2 Crore+	65,40,173 65 Lacs+	Y

· High Income Ministers*: Top three ministers with highest income in there ITR are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by Minister	Total income shown by Minister in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by Minister in ITR (Rs)
1	Himanta Biswa Sarma	BJP	JALUKBARI	KAMRUP METRO	2014-2015	1,33,20,816 1 Crore+	13,10,666 13 Lacs+
2	Rihon Daimari	Bodoland Peoples Front	UDALGURI (ST)	UDALGURI	2014-2015	64,48,773 64 Lacs+	29,37,291 29 Lacs+
3	Chandra Mohan Patowary	BJP	DHARMAPUR	NALBARI	2015-2016	26,17,670 26 Lacs+	11,89,490 11 Lacs

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age)

· Ministers’ Education: A total of 9 (82%) Ministers are graduates or have higher degrees while 2 Ministers have education qualification of 12^th pass.

· Ministers’ Age: A total of 3 ministers have declared their age between 30 to 50 years and 8 Ministers have declared their age to be between 51 and 70. The youngest minister is Pallab Lochan Das of BJP aged 38 from Rangapara constituency. The oldest minister is Pramila Rani Brahma of Bodoland Peoples Front aged 65 from Kokrajhar East (ST) Constituency.