Press Release: Analysis of Current Ministers from 27 States Assemblies, 3 Union Territories and the Union Council of Ministers 2025

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Date: September 4, 2025

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current Ministers from State Assemblies, Union Territories and the Union Council of Ministers. 643 out of 652 Ministers have been analysed across 27 State Assemblies, 3 Union Territories and the Union Council.

This data has been extracted from the affidavits (Form 26) submitted with the ECI and filed by the candidates i.e. ministers in the present report at the time

elections held in the years 2020 to 2025. The current status of the criminal cases taken from these affidavits and given the present report is not known and may

vary from case‐to case basis.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/Analysis-of-Current-Ministers-and-the-Union-Council-of-Ministers-2025

Criminal Background

Ministers with Criminal Cases: Out of the 643 ministers analysed, 302 (47%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 174 (27%) ministers have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

Ministers with self-declared criminal cases - Party wise

Party wise Ministers with Criminal Cases: 136(40%) out of 336 ministers from BJP, 45(74%) out of 61 ministers from INC, 13 (33%) out of 40 ministers from AITC, 27(87%) out of 31 ministers from DMK, 22(96%) out of 23 ministers from TDP, 11(69%) out of 16 ministers from AAP,4(29%) out of 14 ministers from JD(U) and 7 (54%) out of 13 ministers from Shiv Sena have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 88(26%) out of 336 ministers from BJP, 18(30%) out of 61 ministers from INC, 8 (20%) out of 40 ministers from AITC, 14(45%) out of 31 ministers from DMK, 13(57%) out of 23 ministers from TDP, 5(31%) out of 16 ministers from AAP,1(7%) out of 14 ministers from JD(U) and 3 (23%) out of 13 ministers from Shiv Sena have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Percentage of ministers with criminal cases- Party-wise

Ministers with Self-Declared Criminal Cases - Union Council and State/UT Assemblies Wise

29 (40%) Out of 72 ministers analysed from Union Council have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Out of 30 state/UT Assemblies, in 11 of them more than 60% of the ministers have criminal cases registered against them. These 11 include Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Puducherry.

In the 4 State/UT assemblies of Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland and Uttarakhand none of the ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Financial Background

Average Assets of Ministers: The average of assets per minister from State/UT Assemblies and Union Council is Rs 37.21 Crores.

Billionaire Ministers: Out of the 643 ministers analysed from State/UT Assemblies and Union Council 36 (6%) are Billionaires.

Total Assets of Ministers: The total assets of 643 Ministers are Rs. 23,929 Crores.

Billionaire Ministers - Union Council and State/UT Assemblies Wise

Billionaire Ministers in UT/State Assemblies): Out of the 30 State Assemblies, 11 Assemblies have billionaire ministers. Karnataka leads with the highest number of billionaire ministers with 8, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 6 and Maharashtra with 4 billionaire ministers. Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Telangana have 2 each, while Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab have 1 each.

Union Council: Out of 72 ministers, 6 (8%) are billionaires.

Billionaire Ministers - Party wise

BJP has the highest number with 14 (4%) billionaire ministers, INC ranks second with 61 ministers, 11 (18%) billionaires, followed by TDP with 23 ministers, 6 (26%) billionaires.

Party	Total number of Ministers analyzed	Number of Billionaire Ministers	% of Billionaire Ministers
BJP	336	14	4%
INC	61	11	18%
TDP	23	6	26%
AAP	16	1	6%
Janasena Party	3	1	33%
JD(S)	2	1	50%
NCP	10	1	10%
Shiv Sena	13	1	8%
Other Parties	179	0	0%
Total	643	36	6%

Table: Billionaire Ministers - Party wise

Top 10 Ministers with highest assets

S.No.	Election Name	Constituency	Minister Name	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Lok Sabha 2024	Guntur	Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	TDP	55,98,64,80,786 5598 Crore+	1,06,82,46,752 106 Crore+	57,05,47,27,538 5705 Crore+	Y
2	Karnataka Assembly 2023	Kanakapura	D K Shivakumar	INC	2,73,41,60,463 273 Crore+	11,40,38,41,941 1140 Crore+	14,13,80,02,404 1413 Crore+	Y
3	Andhra Pradesh Assembly 2024	Kuppam	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	TDP	8,10,42,29,047 810 Crore+	1,21,41,41,609 121 Crore+	9,31,83,70,656 931 Crore+	Y
4	Andhra Pradesh Assembly 2024	Nellore City	Narayana Ponguru	TDP	1,79,54,35,404 179 Crore+	6,44,53,16,977 644 Crore+	8,24,07,52,381 824 Crore+	Y
5	Karnataka Assembly 2023	Hebbal	Suresha B S	INC	64,09,44,854 64 Crore+	5,84,05,50,000 584 Crore+	6,48,14,94,854 648 Crore+	Y
6	Telangana Assembly 2023	Chennur (SC)	Gaddam Vivekanand	INC	3,80,76,38,171 380 Crore+	2,25,91,48,700 225 Crore+	6,06,67,86,871 606 Crore+	Y
7	Andhra Pradesh Assembly 2024	Mangalagiri	Nara Lokesh	TDP	3,94,09,65,338 394 Crore+	1,48,08,01,696 148 Crore+	5,42,17,67,034 542 Crore+	Y
8	Maharashtra Assembly 2024	Malabar Hill	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	BJP	2,28,08,94,618 228 Crore+	2,19,00,29,313 219 Crore+	4,47,09,23,931 447 Crore+	Y
9	Telangana Assembly 2023	Palair	Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy	INC	3,96,99,99,485 396 Crore+	36,93,35,395 36 Crore+	4,33,93,34,880 433 Crore+	Y
10	Lok Sabha 2024	Guna	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	BJP	62,57,63,478 62 Crore+	3,62,17,30,600 362 Crore+	4,24,74,94,078 424 Crore+	Y

Table: Top 10 Ministers with highest assets

10 Ministers with lowest assets

S.No.	Election Name	Constituency/Term	Minister Name	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Tripura Assembly 2023	Jolaibari (ST)	Sukla Charan Noatia	Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura	2,06,560 2 Lacs+	0	2,06,560 2 Lacs+	Y
2	West Bengal Assembly 2021	Jhargram	Birbaha Hansda	AITC	6,215 6 Thou+	3,00,000 3 Lacs+	3,06,215 3 Lacs+	Y
3	Tripura Assembly 2023	Pecharthal (ST)	Santana Chakma	BJP	3,27,002 3 Lacs+	1,50,000 1 Lacs+	4,77,002 4 Lacs+	Y
4	Assam Assembly 2021	Haflong (ST)	Nandita Gorlosa	BJP	5,00,000 5 Lacs+	0	5,00,000 5 Lacs+	Y
5	West Bengal Assembly 2021	Mal (ST)	Bulu Chik Baraik	AITC	5,75,763 5 Lacs+	0	5,75,763 5 Lacs+	Y
6	Punjab Assembly 2022	Bhoa (SC)	Lal Chand	AAP	6,19,225 6 Lacs+	0	6,19,225 6 Lacs+	Y
7	Kerala Assembly 2021	Cherthala	P Prasad	CPI	2,83,689 2 Lacs+	11,35,000 11 Lacs+	14,18,689 14 Lacs+	Y
8	West Bengal Assembly 2021	Bhabanipur: Bye Election On 30-09-2021	Mamata Banerjee	AITC	15,38,029 15 Lacs+	0	15,38,029 15 Lacs+	Y
9	Uttar Pradesh MLC	(06-Jul-2022- 05-Jul-2028)	Mohd Danish	BJP	15,95,925 15 Lacs+	0	15,95,925 15 Lacs+	Y
10	West Bengal Assembly 2021	Manbazar (ST)	Sandhyarani Tudu	AITC	14,13,661 14 Lacs+	7,34,421 7 Lacs+	21,48,082 21 Lacs+	Y

Table: 10 Ministers with low assets

Top 10 Ministers with high liabilities

S.No.	Election Name	Constituency	Minister Name	Party	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Lok Sabha 2024	Guntur	Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	TDP	57,05,47,27,538 5705 Crore+	10,38,00,00,000 1038 Crore+	Y
2	Maharashtra 2024	Malabar Hill	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	BJP	4,47,09,23,931 447 Crore+	3,06,22,72,630 306 Crore+	Y
3	Karnataka 2023	Kanakapura	D K Shivakumar	INC	14,13,80,02,404 1413 Crore+	2,65,06,92,812 265 Crore+	Y
4	Maharashtra 2024	Ovala Majiwada	Pratap Baburao Sarnaik	Shiv Sena	3,33,32,95,113 333 Crore+	1,99,99,32,205 199 Crore+	Y
5	Andhra Pradesh 2024	Nellore City	Narayana Ponguru	TDP	8,24,07,52,381 824 Crore+	1,90,17,34,019 190 Crore+	Y
6	Arunachal Pradesh 2024	Mukto (ST)	Pema Khandu	BJP	3,32,56,53,153 332 Crore+	1,80,27,63,717 180 Crore+	Y
7	Karnataka 2023	Hebbal	Suresha B S	INC	6,48,14,94,854 648 Crore+	1,14,86,74,690 114 Crore+	Y
8	Karnataka 2023	Hiriyur	D Sudakar	INC	1,35,69,40,368 135 Crore+	1,14,52,31,046 114 Crore+	Y
9	Lok Sabha 2024	Mandya	H.D. Kumaraswamy	Janata Dal (Secular)	2,17,23,28,789 217 Crore+	82,18,06,608 82 Crore+	Y
10	Maharashtra 2024	Ahmedpur	Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil	NCP	8,28,62,515 8 Crore+	75,93,47,119 75 Crore+	Y

Table: Top 10 Ministers with highest declared liabilities

Other Background Details

Analysis based on Gender

Gender details of Ministers: Out of 643 ministers, 63 (10%) ministers are women.

Highest number of women ministers in Assemblies are from West Bengal 8(20%) followed by Madhya Pradesh with 5(16%), Uttar Pradesh with 5(9%) and Maharashtra 4 (10%).

Union Council: Out of 72 ministers, 7 (10%) are women.

It is to be noted that there are no women ministers in Goa,Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Sikkim Assemblies.

Analysis based on education

Education details of Ministers: 164 (26%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 454 (71%) ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. There are 24 ministers who are Diploma holders and 1 minister has declared himself Illiterate.

Analysis based on age groups

Age details of Ministers: 37(6%) ministers have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 393 (61%) ministers have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 211 (33%) ministers who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years and 2 ministers have declared age above 80 years.