Press Release: 32% Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves; The total assets of 229 sitting MPs analysed are Rs. 27,638 Crores

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Date: March 19, 2026

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analyzed and updated the criminal, financial and other background details of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs. In the current Rajya Sabha, one seat of Jharkhand state is vacant. Three MPs have not been analysed as their affidavits were unavailable.

The detailed reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/Analysis-of-Criminal-Background-Financial-Education-Gender-and-other-details-of-Sitting-Rajya-Sabha-MPs-March2026

S.No.	State/UT	Name	Party	Issue/Current Status
1	Chhattisgarh	Devendra Pratap Singh	BJP	Affidavit not available
2	Karnataka	G.C. Chandrashekar	INC	Affidavit not available
3	Puducherry	S. Selvaganapathy	BJP	Affidavit not available

Table: Rajya Sabha MPs who have not been analysed

Summary and Highlights

Criminal background

Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 229 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs analysed, 73(32%) Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with serious criminal cases: 36 (16%) Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared serious criminal cases.
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared cases related to murder: 1 Rajya Sabha Sitting MP has declared case related to murder (IPC section 302).
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).
Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 3 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs have declared cases related to crimes against women.
Party wise Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with criminal cases: 27(27%) out of 99 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 12 (43%) out of 28 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 4 (31%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 4(40%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 3(100%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from CPI(M), 3(100%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from BRS, 2(25%) out of 8 Rajya Sabha MPs from DMK, 2(29%) out of 7 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP, 2(40%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from AIADMK, 2(50%) out of 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from SP and 2(67%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with serious criminal cases: 13(13%) out of 99 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 7 (25%) out of 28 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 2 (15%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 2(20%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 2(67%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from CPI(M), 1(33%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from BRS, 1(13%) out of 8 Rajya Sabha MPs from DMK, 1(14%) out of 7 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP, 1(20%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from AIADMK and 1(25%) out of 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from SP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared criminal cases

State Wise Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with criminal cases: 5(71%) out of 7 Rajya Sabha MPs from Telangana, 2(67%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from Delhi, 10 (53%) out of 19 Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra, 7(44%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from West Bengal, 7(44%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar and 4(44%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from Kerala have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: State wise percentage of Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Figure: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The share of wealth amongst sitting Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)	Number of Rajya Sabha MPs	Percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs
Rs.10 crores and above	97	42%
Rs.5 crores to Rs.10 crores	40	17%
Rs.1 crore to Rs.5 crores	69	30%
Rs.20 lakhs to Rs.1 crore	17	8%
less than Rs.20 lakhs	6	3%

Table: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: Out of the 229 sitting Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs analysed, 31 (14%) are Billionaires.

Party wise Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: Among major parties, 6 (6%)out of 99 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 5 (18%) out of 28 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 4(57%) out of 7 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP, 2(20%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 2(67%) out of 3 Rajya Sabha MPs from BRS and 3(75%) out of 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from NCP have declared assets valued more than Rs 100 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

States with Highest Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha MPs: 4(57%) out of 7 MPs from Telangana, 5 (45%) out of 11 MPs from Andhra Pradesh, 3(30%) out of 10 MPs from Odisha, 2(29%) out of 7 MPs from Punjab, 3(27%) out of 11 MPs from Gujarat, 4(21%) out of 19 MPs from Maharashtra and 1(20%) out of 5 MPs from Haryana have declared assets worth more than Rs. 100 crores.

Figure: State Wise Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs

Average assets:The average assets of Rajya Sabha sitting MPs is Rs. 120.69 crores.

Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per MP for 99 BJP Rajya Sabha MPs analysed is Rs 28.29 crores, 28 INC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs 128.61 crores , 13 AITC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 17.70, 10 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 574.09 crores, 8 DMK Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 11.90 crores, 7 YSRCP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 522.63 crores, 4 SP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 399.71 crores and 6 BJD Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs. 105.63 crores.

Total assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The total assets of 229 sitting MPs are Rs. 27,638 Crores.

Party wise total assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The total assets for 99 BJP MPs analysed is Rs. 2,800 Crores, for 28 INC MPs analysed is Rs 3,601 Crores, for 10 AAP MPs analysed is Rs 5,740 Crores, for 3 BRS MPs analysed is Rs 5,524 Crores and 7 YSRCP MPs have total assets worth Rs. 3,658 Crores.

Figure: Top 10 Parties with Highest Total Assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs (In Rs. Crore)

States with Highest Total Assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: The total assets for 7 MPs analysed from Telangana is Rs 8,310 crores, followed by 7 MPs analysed from Punjab is Rs 5,729 crores and 11 MPs analysed from Andhra Pradesh have total assets worth Rs.3,998 Crores.

Figure: Top 10 States with Highest Total Assets of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs (In Rs. Crore)

Highest asset Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs*:The top three Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sri Dr Bandi Partha Saradhi	Telangana	BRS	52,15,25,82,610	84,95,67,300	53,00,21,49,910 5300 Crore+	Y
2	Rajinder Gupta	Punjab	AAP	44,37,29,89,181	6,15,74,69,530	50,53,04,58,711 5053 Crore+	Y
3	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	25,18,44,63,030	59,31,16,150	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with highest declared assets

Lowest Assets Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with lowest assets having assets less than Rs 10 lakhs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sant Balbir Singh	Punjab	AAP	3,79,972	0	3,79,972 3 Lacs+	Y
2	Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba	Manipur	BJP	1,98,594	3,50,000	5,48,594 5 Lacs+	Y
3	Prakash Chik Baraik	West Bengal	AITC	4,25,000	5,00,000	9,25,000 9 Lacs+	Y

Table: Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with lowest declared assets

Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs with highest liabilities: 164(72%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with highest declared liabilities are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Nathwani Parimal	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	3,96,83,96,198 396 Crore+	2,09,77,95,000 209 Crore+	7,50,000 7 Lacs+	Y
2	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	1,54,75,52,911 154 Crore+	0	Y
3	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	Uttar Pradesh	SP	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	1,49,29,86,453 149 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with highest liabilities

Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs with highest income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	State	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 MP	Total income shown by MP in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MP in ITR (Rs)
1	Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi	INC	Telangana	25,58,24,05,863 2558 Crore+	Professional Fees, Returns of Investments, Other Sources including MP Pension.	Returns of Investments, Rent from Property, Other Sources including Royalty and Professional Fees.	2024-2025	3,78,74,16,690 378 Crore+	3,74,05,98,820 374 Crore+
2	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	YSRCP	Andhra Pradesh	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	Business Income, Salary Income, Interest Income, Investment Income & Agricultural Income	Salary Income, Interest Income, Investment Income, Rental Income & Agricultural income	2018-2019	2,79,48,09,621 279 Crore+	2,62,11,04,675 262 Crore+
3	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	SP	Uttar Pradesh	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	Income From Endorsement, MP Salary, Professional Fees, Interest Income among other	Income From Endorsement, Professional Fees, Rent Income, Interest Income, Dividend Income, Capital Gain, Income from Solar Plant among other	2022-2023	2,75,38,52,780 275 Crore+	1,63,56,190 1 Crore+

Table: Top 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs with highest income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: 39 (17%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 181 (79%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 1 Rajya Sabha MP has declared himself to be just literate and 8 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs are Diploma Holders.

Age details of Rajya Sabha Sitting MPs: 10 (4%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 120 (52%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 96(42%) Rajya Sabha sitting MPs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years. There are 3 Rajya Sabha sitting MPs who have declared their age to be above 80 years.