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

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Press Release

Date: March 20, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 146 out of 147 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly one seat of Digapahandi constituency is vacant.

This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2019 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see:https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-mlas-24

Sitting MLAs Suspended by Political Parties (as on 15 March 2024)

The list of 3 sitting MLAs who were suspended by their party after the 2019 assembly elections is given below:

S.No.	MLA	District	Constituency	Previous Party	Current Party	Remark
1	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik	Nayagarh	Khandapada	BJD	Independent	Suspended By BJD
2	Sudhansu Sekhar Parida	Balasore	Remuna	BJD	Independent	Suspended By BJD
3	Mohammed Moquim	Cuttack	Barabati-Cuttack	INC	Independent	Suspended By INC

Table: MLAs who suspended by party after 2019 assembly elections

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 146 sitting MLAs analysed, 65 (45%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 47 (32%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

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

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 11 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 12 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 44 (40%) out of 111 MLAs from BJD, 13 (59%) out of 22 MLAs from BJP, 5 (63%) out of 8 MLAs from INC, the only MLA (100%) from CPI(M) and 2 (50%) out of 4 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 31 (28%) out of 111 MLAs from BJD, 9 (41%) out of 22 MLAs from BJP, 4 (50%) out of 8 MLAs from INC, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from CPI(M) and 2 (50%) out of 4 Independent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party-wise percentage of MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati MLAs: Out of 146 sitting MLAs analysed , 95 (65%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 77 (69%) out of 111 MLAs from BJD, 9 (41%) out of 22 MLAs from BJP, 6 (75%) out of 8 MLAs from INC and 3 (75%) out of 4 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.4.01 crore.

Party-wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 111 BJD MLAs analysed is Rs.4.31 crores, 22 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.1.05 crores, 8 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.4.13 crores, 1 CPI(M) MLA analysed is Rs.30.17 lakhs and 4 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.12.57 crores.

High assets 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	Naveen Patnaik	Ganjam	Hinjili	BJD	23,26,555	63,64,15,261	63,87,41,816 63 Crore+	Y
2	Dipali Das	Jharsuguda	Jharsuguda: Bye Election On 10-05-2023	BJD	34,40,87,879	5,76,40,400	40,17,28,279 40 Crore+	Y
3	Saroj Kumar Meher	Balangir	Patnagarh	BJD	57,49,827	30,86,05,862	31,43,55,689 31 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

Low assets 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	Makaranda Muduli	Raygada	Rayagada	IND	15,000	0	15,000 15 Thou+	Y
2	Sunanda Das	Jajpur	Bari	BJD	4,74,176	3,79,000	8,53,176 8 Lacs+	N
3	Prakash Soren	Mayurbhanj	Baripada	BJP	62,780	8,60,000	9,22,780 9 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 13 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)	PAN Given
1	Dipali Das	Jharsuguda	Jharsuguda: Bye Election On 10-05-2023	BJD	40,17,28,279 40 Crore+	19,89,06,123 19 Crore+	Y
2	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	Bhadrak	Bhadrak	BJD	19,15,12,699 19 Crore+	7,74,59,837 7 Crore+	Y
3	Bikram Kumar Panda	Ganjam	Berhampur	BJD	8,85,28,772 8 Crore+	4,65,15,025 4 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high 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 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 MLA	Total income shown by MLA in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MLA in ITR (Rs)
1	Dipali Das	BJD	Jharsuguda: Bye Election On 10-05-2023	Jharsuguda	40,17,28,279 40 Crore+	Business (Income from Partnership Landstar Alliance and Proprietorship)	Not Applicable	2021-2022	5,41,55,600 5 Crore+	72,87,940 72 Lacs+
2	Mohammed Moquim	IND	Barabati-Cuttack	Cuttack	17,97,86,173 17 Crore+	Business	Business	2017-2018	4,93,81,050 4 Crore+	4,80,20,160 4 Crore+
3	Sudhir Kumar Samal	BJD	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	14,03,13,233 14 Crore+	Business	Business	2017-2018	1,23,76,228 1 Crore+	47,25,851 47 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: 44(30%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^thstandard while 100 (68%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above and 2 MLAs are Diploma holders.

Age details of MLAs: 76 (52%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 70 (48%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.