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

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Date: December 2, 2021

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Uttarakhand Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 65 out of 70 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly 5 seats are vacant. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2017 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter.

For the complete report in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/uttarakhand-assembly-election-2017-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 65 sitting MLAs analysed, 20 (31%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 14 (22%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 2 MLAs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 1 MLA has declared case related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with cases related to Crimes against Women: 3 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 16 (30%) out of 54 MLAs from BJP, 3 (33%) out of 9 MLAs from INC and 1 (50%) out of the 2 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 10 (19%) out of 54 MLAs from BJP, 3 (33%) out of 9 MLAs from INC and 1 (50%) out of the 2 Independent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati MLAs: Out of 65 sitting MLAs analysed, 46 (71%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 37 (69%) out of 54 MLAs from BJP, 8 (89%) out of 9 MLAs from INC and 1 (50%) out of 2 Independent MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.4.09 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 54 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.4.04 crores, 9 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.5.02 crores and 2 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.1.40 crores.

High asset MLAs: The top three 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	Satpal Maharaj	Pauri Garhwal	Chaubattakhal	BJP	6,26,83,612	73,98,71,995	80,25,55,607 80 Crore+	Y
2	Rajesh Shukla	Udham Singh Nagar	Kichha	BJP	1,07,86,332	24,90,00,000	25,97,86,332 25 Crore+	Y
3	Qazi Mohd Nizamuddin	Haridwar	Manglore	INC	18,74,282	21,11,64,000	21,30,38,282 21 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

Low asset MLAs: The details of three 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	Prem Singh	Udham Singh Nagar	Nanak Matta(St)	BJP	7,53,515	9,50,000	17,03,515 17 Lacs+	Y
2	Shakti Lal Shah	Tehri Garhwal	Ghanshali(Sc)	BJP	8,37,600	11,50,000	19,87,600 19 Lacs+	Y
3	Meena Gangola	Pithoragarh	Gangolihat(Sc)	BJP	11,14,469	22,00,000	33,14,469 33 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 4 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Harbhajan Singh Cheema	Udham Singh Nagar	Kashipur	BJP	5,52,72,423 5 Crore+	# 21,65,65,000 21 Crore+	17,41,00,000 17 Crore+	Y
2	Harish Singh	Pithoragarh	Dharchula	INC	3,60,19,122 3 Crore+	1,92,00,000 1 Crore+	0	Y
3	Adesh Singh	Udham Singh Nagar	Jaspur	INC	1,98,92,738 1 Crore+	1,08,81,274 1 Crore+	0	Y

Table:Top three MLAs with high liabilities

# Disputed liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by MLAs	Total income shown by MLAs in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MLAs in ITR (Rs)
1	Satpal Maharaj	BJP	Chaubattakhal	Pauri Garhwal	80,25,55,607 80 Crore+	2015-2016	1,01,87,565 1 Crore+	83,89,491 83 Lacs+
2	Saurabh Bahuguna	BJP	Sitarganj	Udham Singh Nagar	6,80,68,318 6 Crore+	2016-2017	55,93,031 55 Lacs+	21,69,696 21 Lacs+
3	Balwant Singh	BJP	Kapkote	Bageshwar	98,46,625 98 Lacs+	2016-2017	52,72,032 52 Lacs+	35,54,915 35 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 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 MLAs: 15 (23%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass while 49 (75%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 1 MLA is Diploma Holder.

Age details of MLAs: 31 (48%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 33 (51%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.