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

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Press Release

Date: January 20, 2023

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Tripura Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 53 out of 60 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly 7 seats are vacant. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2018 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-6

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 53 sitting MLAs analysed, 11(21%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 9 (17%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 8 (24%) out of 33 MLAs from BJP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from CPI(M), 1 (25%) out of 4 MLAs from IPFT and 1 (100%) INC MLA have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 6 (18%) out of 33 MLAs from BJP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from CPI(M), 1 (25%) out of 4 MLAs from IPFT and 1 (100%) INC MLA 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 53 sitting MLAs analysed , 15 (28%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 13 (39%) out of 33 MLAs from BJP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from CPI(M) and 1 (100%) INC MLA has 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.1.34 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 33 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.1.67 crores, 15 CPI(M) MLAs analysed is Rs.50 lakhs, 4 IPFT MLAs analysed is Rs.4.49 lakhs and 1 INC MLA has average assets of Rs.8.20 crores.

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

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Jishnu Devvarma	Sepahijala	Charilam	BJP	71,38,073	10,36,00,000	11,07,38,073 11 Crore+	Y
2	Manik Saha	West Tripura	Town Bardowali : Bye Election on 23-06-2022	BJP	1,17,52,838	7,80,00,000	8,97,52,838 8 Crore+	Y
3	Sudip Roy Barman	West Tripura	Agartala : Bye Election on 23-06-2022	INC	1,99,79,468	6,20,45,000	8,20,24,468 8 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	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Prem Kumar Reang	North Tripura	Kanchanpur	IPFT	53,334	60,000	1,13,334 1 Lacs+	N
2	Sambhu Lal Chakma	Dhalai	Chawmanu	BJP	1,33,286	0	1,33,286 1 Lacs+	Y
3	Santana Chakma	North Tripura	Pencharthal	BJP	1,39,036	0	1,39,036 1 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 9 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 20 lakhs and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sudip Roy Barman	West Tripura	Agartala : Bye Election on 23-06-2022	INC	8,20,24,468 8 Crore+	1,08,59,333 1 Crore+	Y
2	Biplab Kumar Ghosh	Gomati	Matarbari	BJP	5,86,08,757 5 Crore+	69,57,736 69 Lacs+	Y
3	Sushanta Chowdhury	West Tripura	Majlishpur	BJP	47,30,195 47 Lacs+	48,50,000 48 Lacs+	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	Constituency	District	Total Asset (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	Autul Debbarma	BJP	KRISHNAPUR	Khowai	2,38,65,478 2 Crore+	North Delhi Municipal Corporation (retired)	Employee of North Delhi Municipal Corporation	2016-2017	54,73,483 54 Lacs+	26,47,403 26 Lacs+
2	Dilip Kumar Das	BJP	BARJALA	West Tripura	1,87,25,699 1 Crore+	Pensioner & Practicing in a Private Medical College	Pensioner	2017-2018	39,01,678 39 Lacs+	22,71,427 22 Lacs+
3	Ram Pada Jamatia	BJP	BAGMA	Gomati	1,31,77,929 1 Crore+	-	-	2016-2017	37,03,948 37 Lacs+	35,83,948 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: 26 (49%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass while 27 (51%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

Age details of MLAs: 21 (40%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 32 (60%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.