Press Release: 33% Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves; The total assets of 225 sitting MPs are Rs.19,602 Cr

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Date: March 1, 2024

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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analyzed and updated the criminal, financial and other background details of 225 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs. In the current Rajya Sabha, one seat of Maharashtra state is vacant and 4 seats of Jammu and Kashmir are undefined. Three MPs have not been analysed as their affidavits were unavailable.

This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates before the Rajya Sabha elections and bye-elections conducted thereafter.

The detailed reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-rajya-7

S.No.	State	Name	Party	Issue/Current Status
1	Assam	Sarbananda Sonowal	BJP	Affidavit not available
2	Karnataka	G.C. Chandrashekar	INC	Affidavit not available
3	Puducherry	S Selvaganapathy	BJP	Affidavit not available

Table: Rajya Sabha MPs who have not been analysed

Summary and Highlights

Criminal background

Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 225 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs analysed, 75(33%) Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with serious criminal cases: 40 (18%) Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared serious criminal cases.
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared cases related to murder: 2 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).
Party wise Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with criminal cases: 21(23%) out of 90 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 14 (50%) out of 28 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 5 (38%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 4(67%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD, 4(80%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from CPI(M), 3(30%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 4(36%) out of 11 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP and 2(20%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from DMK have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with serious criminal cases: 10(11%) out of 90 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 9 (32%) out of 28 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 3 (23%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 2(33%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD, 2(40%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from CPI(M), 1(10%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 3(27%) out of 11 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP and 1(10%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from DMK have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared criminal cases

State Wise Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with criminal cases: 11(61%) out of 18 Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra, 8(50%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar, 9 (29%) out of 31 Rajya Sabha MPs from Uttar Pradesh, 6(33%) out of 18 Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, 6(67%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from Kerala and 7(44%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from West Bengal have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: State wise percentage of Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Figure: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs : The share of wealth amongst sitting Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)	Number of Rajya Sabha MPs	Percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs
Rs.10 crores and above	93	41%
Rs.5 crores to Rs.10 crores	34	15%
Rs.1 crore to Rs.5 crores	72	32%
Rs.20 lakhs to Rs.1 crore	18	8%
less than Rs.20 lakhs	8	4%

Table: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: Out of the 225 sitting Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs analysed, 31 (14%) are Billionaires.

Party wise Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: Among major parties, 9 (10%)out of 90 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 4 (14%) out of 28 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 5(45%) out of 11 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP, 2(20%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 3(75%) out of 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from TRS and 2(33%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD have declared assets valued more than Rs 100 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

States with Highest Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha MPs: 5(45%) out of 11 MPs from Andhra Pradesh, 4 (57%) out of 7 MPs from Telangana, 4 (22%) out of 18 MPs from Maharashtra, 4(13%) out of 31 MPs from Uttar Pradesh, 2(29%) out of 7 MPs from Punjab, 1(20%) out of 5 MPs from Haryana and 2(18%) out of 11 MPs from Madhya Pradesh have declared assets worth more than Rs. 100 crores.

Figure: State Wise Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

Average assets:The average assets of Rajya Sabha sitting MPs is Rs. 87.12 crores.

Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per MP for 90 BJP Rajya Sabha MPs analysed is Rs 37.34 crores, 28 INC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs 40.70 crores , 13 AITC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 10.25, 11 YSRCP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 357.68 crores, 4 TRS Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 1383.74 crores, 10 DMK Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 6.37 crores and 10 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs. 114.81 crores.

Total assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The total assets of 225 sitting MPs are Rs. 19,602 Crores.

Party wise total assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The total assets for 90 BJP MPs analysed is Rs. 3,360 Crores, for 28 INC MPs analysed is Rs 1,139 Crores, for 11 YSRCP MPs analysed is Rs 3,934 Crores, for 4 TRS MPs analysed is Rs 5,534 Crores and 10 AAP MPs have total assets worth Rs.1,148 Crores.

Figure: Top 10 Parties with Highest Total Assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs (In Rs. Crore)

States with Highest Total Assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The total assets for 7 MPs analysed from Telangana is Rs 5,821 crores, followed by 11 MPs analysed from Andhra Pradesh is Rs 3,934 crores and 31 MPs analysed from Uttar Pradesh have total assets worth Rs.3,088 Crores.

Figure: Top 10 States with Highest Total Assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs (In Rs. Crore)

High asset Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs*:The top three Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State/UT	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sri Dr Bandi Partha Saradhi	Telangana	TRS	52,15,25,84,379	84,95,67,300	53,00,21,51,679 5300 Crore+	Y
2	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	25,18,44,63,030	59,31,16,150	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	Y
3	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	Uttar Pradesh	SP	8,49,11,62,397	7,29,77,00,000	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with highest declared assets

Low Assets Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with lowest assets having assets less than Rs 10 lakhs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State/UT	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sant Balbir Singh	Punjab	AAP	3,79,972	0	3,79,972 3 Lacs+	Y
2	Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba	Manipur	BJP	1,98,594	3,50,000	5,48,594 5 Lacs+	Y
3	Prakash Chik Baraik	West Bengal	AITC	4,25,000	5,00,000	9,25,000 9 Lacs+	Y

Table: Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with lowest declared assets

Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs with high liabilities: 163(72%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with highest declared liabilities are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State/UT	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Nathwani Parimal	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	3,96,83,96,198 396 Crore+	# 2,09,77,95,000 209 Crore+	7,50,000 7 Lacs+	Y
2	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	1,54,75,52,911 154 Crore+	0	Y
3	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	Uttar Pradesh	SP	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	1,49,29,86,453 149 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with high liabilities

# Disputed Liabilities

Other Background Details

Education Details of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: 37 (16%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 182 (81%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 1 Rajya Sabha MP has declared himself to be just literate and 5 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs are Diploma Holders.

Age details of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: 11 (5%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 115 (51%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 96(43%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years. There are 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs who have declared their age to be above 80 years.