Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Bihar Sitting MLAs

42 views

Skip to first unread message

ADR India

unread,

Oct 13, 2025, 5:18:31 AMOct 13

to national...@googlegroups.com, national-el...@googlegroups.com

Press Release

Date: October 13, 2025

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 241 out of 243 sitting MLAs. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2020 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter. It may be noted that there may be some changes in the number of criminal cases pending as on date, against some MLAs. Details of the 2 MLAs who have not been analysed due to unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report are given below:

Serial No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party
1	Ram Surat Kumar	Muzaffarpur	Aurai	BJP
2	Prahlad Yadav	Lakhisarai	Suryagarha	JD(U)

Table: MLAs who have not been analysed

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/Bihar-Sitting-MLAs-2020

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 241 sitting MLAs analysed, 158 (66%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 119 (49%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 16 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 30 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 8 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 53 (64%) out of 83 MLAs from BJP, 53 (74%) out of 72 MLAs from RJD, 21 (45%) out of 47 MLAs from JD(U), 14 (82%) out of 17 MLAs from INC, 9 (82%) out of 11 MLAs from CPI(ML)(L), 1 (25%) out of 4 MLAs from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from CPI(M), 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from CPI, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and 2 (100%) out of 2 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 41 (49%) out of 83 MLAs from BJP, 43 (60%) out of 72 MLAs from RJD, 13 (28%) out of 47 MLAs from JD(U), 9 (53%) out of 17 MLAs from INC, 7 (64%) out of 11 MLAs from CPI(ML)(L), 1 (25%) out of 4 MLAs from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from CPI(M), 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and 2 (100%) out of 2 Independent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of sitting MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati Sitting MLAs: Out of 241 sitting MLAs analysed , 194 (80%) are crorepatis.

Total assets of Sitting MLAs: The total assets of 241 sitting MLAs are Rs. 1121.61 Crores.

Party wise crorepati Sitting MLAs: 72 (87%) out of 83 MLAs from BJP, 63 (88%) out of 72 MLAs from RJD, 39 (83%) out of 47 MLAs from JD(U), 13 (76%) out of 17 MLAs from INC, 2 (50%) out of 4 MLAs from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), 1 (50%) out of 2 MLAs from CPI(M), 1 (50%) out of 2 MLAs from CPI, 1 (9%) out of 11 MLAs from CPI(ML)(L) and 2 (100%) out of 2 Independent MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Sitting MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.4.65 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 83 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.3.51 crores, 72 RJD MLAs analysed is Rs.5.21 crores, 47 JD(U) MLAs analysed is Rs.7.08 crores, 17 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.5.57 crores, 4 Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) MLAs analysed is Rs.2.07 crores, 11 CPI(ML)(L) MLAs analysed is Rs.43.52 lakhs, 2 CPI MLAs analysed is Rs.2.39 crores, 2 CPI(M) MLAs analysed is Rs.64.96 lakhs, 1 All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA analysed is Rs.74.14 lakhs and 2 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.3.01 crores.

High assets Sitting MLAs:The top three Sitting MLAs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Neelam Devi	Patna	Mokama: Bye Election On 03-11-2022	JD(U)	29,80,61,313	50,62,50,000	80,43,11,313 80 Crore+	Y
2	Manorama Devi	Gaya	Belaganj: Bye Election On 13-11-2024	JD(U)	9,58,75,956	63,30,00,000	72,88,75,956 72 Crore+	Y
3	Ajit Sharma	Bhagalpur	Bhagalpur	INC	4,90,41,009	38,37,50,000	43,27,91,009 43 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with highest declared assets

Low assets Sitting MLAs: The details of three Sitting MLAs with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ramvriksh Sada	KHAGARIA	ALAULI (SC)	RJD	30,000	40,000	70,000 70 Thou+	N
2	Gopal Ravidas	PATNA	PHULWARI (SC)	CPI(ML)(L)	59,000	1,00,000	1,59,000 1 Lacs+	Y
3	Sandeep Saurav	PATNA	PALIGANJ	CPI(ML)(L)	45,000	3,00,000	3,45,000 3 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three Sitting MLAs with lowest declared assets

Sitting MLAs with high liabilities: 169 Sitting MLAs have declared liabilities and the details of the top 3 Sitting MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Neelam Devi	Patna	Mokama: Bye Election On 03-11-2022	JD(U)	80,43,11,313 80 Crore+	29,89,07,514 29 Crore+	Y
2	Shambhu Nath Yadav	Buxar	Brahampur	RJD	7,59,60,884 7 Crore+	13,49,50,000 13 Crore+	Y
3	Umakant Singh	Paschim Champaran	Chanpatia	BJP	15,41,37,653 15 Crore+	8,95,78,676 8 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with high liabilities

Sitting MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 Sitting MLAs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Self Source of Income	Spouse's Source of Income	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by sitting MLAs	Total income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Rs)
1	Amar Kumar Paswan	RJD	Bochahan (SC): Bye Election On 12-04-2022	Muzaffarpur	14,24,59,128 14 Crore+	Business	Business	2021-2022	4,38,68,820 4 Crore+	4,33,19,610 4 Crore+
2	Kiran Devi	RJD	Sandesh	Bhojpur	17,58,53,453 17 Crore+	Milk Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture	Agriculture & Animal Husbandry	2020-2021	3,27,28,948 3 Crore+	1,02,17,390 1 Crore+
3	Manorama Devi	JD(U)	Belaganj: Bye Election On 13-11-2024	Gaya	72,88,75,956 72 Crore+	Pension, Rent, Business & Agriculture	Died	2023-2024	1,68,47,610 1 Crore+	24,14,200 24 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 Sitting MLAs with high income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of Sitting MLAs: 82(34%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^thstandard while 149 (62%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 1 MLA is Diploma holder. 9 MLAs have declared themselves to be just literates.

Age details of Sitting MLAs: 119 (49%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 122 (51%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.