Press Release: Union Council of Ministers: Analysis of Criminal, Financial, and Other background details

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Press Release

Date: June 11, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 71 ministers out of 72 Ministers including Prime Minister from Lok Sabha Elections 2024 and current Rajya Sabha. The details of George Kurien were not analysed as he is not currently a member of either house and he has not contested the Lok Sabha Election.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-financial-and-other-background-details-union-council-ministers-18th-lok

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Ministers with Criminal Cases: Out of the 71 Ministers analysed, 28 (39%) Ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 19 (27%) Ministers have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

Ministers with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 2 Ministers have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves. The details of these ministers are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party	Total Cases	Serious IPC
1	Shantanu Thakur	West Bengal	Bangaon (SC)	BJP	23	37
2	Sukanta Majumdar	West Bengal	Balurghat	BJP	16	30

Table: Ministers with declared cases related to attempt to murder

Ministers with cases related to Crime against Women: 5 Ministers have declared cases related to crime against women. The details of these ministers are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party	Total Cases	Serious IPC
1	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	Telangana	Karimnagar	BJP	42	30
2	Shantanu Thakur	West Bengal	Bangaon (SC)	BJP	23	37
3	Sukanta Majumdar	West Bengal	Balurghat	BJP	16	30
4	Suresh Gopi	Kerala	Thrissur	BJP	4	2
5	Jual Oram	Odisha	Sundargarh (ST)	BJP	3	0

Table: Ministers with declared cases related to crime against women

Ministers with cases related to Hate Speech: 8 Ministers have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves. The details of these ministers are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party	Total Cases	Serious IPC
1	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	Telangana	Karimnagar	BJP	42	30
2	Shantanu Thakur	West Bengal	Bangaon (SC)	BJP	23	37
3	Sukanta Majumdar	West Bengal	Balurghat	BJP	16	30
4	Shobha Karandlaje	Karnataka	Bangalore North	BJP	5	4
5	Dharmendra Pradhan	Odisha	Sambalpur	BJP	5	3
6	Giriraj Singh	Bihar	Begusarai	BJP	3	9
7	Nityanand Rai	Bihar	Ujiarpur	BJP	3	4
8	Amit Shah	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	BJP	3	3

Table: Ministers with declared cases related to hate speechS

Financial Background

Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 71 Ministers analysed, 70 (99%) are crorepatis.

Average Assets: The average assets of 71 ministers analysed is Rs 107.94 crores.

High Assets Ministers: 6 Ministers have declared more than Rs.100 crores worth of assets. These ministers are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	TDP	55,98,64,80,786	1,06,82,46,752	57,05,47,27,538 5705 Crore+	Y
2	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	Madhya Pradesh	Guna	BJP	62,57,63,478	3,62,17,30,600	4,24,74,94,078 424 Crore+	Y
3	H.D. Kumaraswamy	Karnataka	Mandya	Janata Dal (Secular)	1,02,23,96,659	1,14,99,32,130	2,17,23,28,789 217 Crore+	Y
4	Ashwini Vaishnaw	Odisha	Rajya Sabha Member	BJP	1,42,40,01,998	1,72,00,000	1,44,12,01,998 144 Crore+	Y
5	Rao Inderjit Singh	Haryana	Gurgaon	BJP	39,31,12,901	82,23,09,967	1,21,54,22,868 121 Crore+	Y
6	Piyush Goyal	Maharashtra	Mumbai North	BJP	89,86,56,447	21,08,58,000	1,10,95,14,447 110 Crore+	Y

Table: Ministers with highest declared assets

*Total assets include assets of self, spouse and dependents.

Ministers with High Liabilities: 55 Ministers have declared liabilities. The top three ministers with highest liabilities are as given below;

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmas	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	TDP	57,05,47,27,538 5705 Crore+	10,38,00,00,000 1038 Crore+	Y
2	H.D. Kumaraswamy	Karnataka	Mandya	Janata Dal (Secular)	2,17,23,28,789 217 Crore+	82,18,06,608 82 Crore+	Y
3	V. Somanna	Karnataka	Tumkur	BJP	60,78,05,215 60 Crore+	22,63,00,461 22 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three ministers with high liabilities

Other Background Details

Education Details of Ministers: 11(15%) Ministers have declared their educational qualification to be 12^th standard while 57(80%) Ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. There are 3 ministers who are Diploma holders.

Education Group	Number of Ministers Analyzed
12th	11
Graduate	14
Graduate Professional	10
Post Graduate	26
Doctorate	7
Diploma	3
Total	71

Table: Analysis of ministers on the basis of education

Age Details of Ministers:17(24%) Ministers have declared their age to be between 31 to 50 years while 47(66%) Ministers have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years. There are 7 (10%) ministers who have declared their age to be between 71 to 80 years.