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

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Press Release

Date: October 25, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Jharkhand Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 74 out of 81 sitting MLAs. One MLA namely Kumar Jaimangal (Anup Singh) (INC Party) contesting from Bermo: Bye Election On 03-11-2020 Constituency has not been analysed as his affidavit was badly scanned. In the current assembly 6 seats are 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/Jharkhand-Assembly-Elections-Sitting-MLAs-Report-2019

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 74 sitting MLAs analysed, 36 (49%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 26 (35%) 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: 6 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 2 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 2 Sitting MLAs 1 Sitting MLA has declared charge related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 13 (50%) out of 26 MLAs from BJP, 12 (48%) out of 25 MLAs from JMM, 8 (50%) out of 16 MLAs from INC and 1 (33%) out of 3 MLAs from AJSU Party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 9 (35%) out of 26 MLAs from BJP, 7 (28%) out of 25 MLAs from JMM and 8 (50%) out of 16 MLAs from INC 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 74 sitting MLAs analysed , 50 (68%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 19 (73%) out of 26 MLAs from BJP, 17 (68%) out of 25 MLAs from JMM, 9 (56%) out of 16 MLAs from INC and 3 (100%) AJSU Party 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.3.76 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 26 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.3.74 crores, 25 JMM MLAs analysed is Rs.3.81 crores, 16 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.3.51 crores, 3 AJSU Party MLAs analysed is Rs.7.63 crores, 1 JD(U) MLA analysed is Rs.4.35 crores, 1 RJD MLA analysed is Rs.77.58 lakhs, 1 CPI(ML)(L) MLA analysed is Rs.26.71 lakhs and 1 Independent MLA has average assets of Rs.1.53 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	Rameshwar Oraon	Lohardaga	Lohardaga (ST)	INC	58,75,477	27,42,97,399	28,01,72,876 28 Crore+	Y
2	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	Palamu	Panki	BJP	4,57,94,561	22,50,00,000	27,07,94,561 27 Crore+	Y
3	Kalpana Murmu Soren	Giridih	Gandey: Bye Election On 20-05-2024	JMM	8,71,86,891	16,46,82,364	25,18,69,255 25 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	Mangal Kalindi	East Singhbhum	Jugsalai (SC)	JMM	30,000	0	30,000 30 Thou+	Y
2	Amba Prasad	Ramgarh	Barkagaon	INC	4,74,247	0	4,74,247 4 Lacs+	Y
3	Samir Kumar Mohanty	East Singhbhum	Baharagora	JMM	3,49,917	3,15,000	6,64,917 6 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 55 MLAs have declared liabilities and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Kalpana Murmu Soren	Giridih	Gandey: Bye Election On 20-05-2024	JMM	25,18,69,255 25 Crore+	3,92,46,582 3 Crore+	0	Y
2	Sudesh Kumar Mahto	Ranchi	Silli	AJSU Party	18,57,73,000 18 Crore+	3,42,17,000 3 Crore+	0	Y
3	Kamlesh Kumar Singh	Palamu	Hussainabad	BJP	3,71,32,033 3 Crore+	2,95,97,298 2 Crore+	2,95,97,298 2 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	Sudesh Kumar Mahto	AJSU Party	Silli	Ranchi	18,57,73,000 18 Crore+	Pension, Business Income and Lease Rent etc.	Business Income	2018-2019	2,68,24,870 2 Crore+	1,53,60,370 1 Crore+
2	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	BJP	Panki	Palamu	27,07,94,561 27 Crore+	Business	Salary	2018-2019	1,34,61,810 1 Crore+	1,14,59,834 1 Crore+
3	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	JMM	Garhwa	Garhwa	10,61,53,429 10 Crore+	Interest from Capital Investment	Interest from Capital Investment	2018-2019	1,28,73,466 1 Crore+	1,04,79,918 1 Crore+

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: 23(31%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th and 12^thstandard while 47 (64%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 2 MLAs are Diploma holders. 2 MLAs have declared themselves to be just literate.

Age details of MLAs: 48 (65%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 26 (35%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.