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

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Press Release

Date: October 19, 2023

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Madhya Pradesh Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of all 230 sitting MLAs.

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-18

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 230 sitting MLAs analysed, 93 (40%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 47 (20%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 1 Sitting MLA has 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 (IPC Section-354).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 39 (30%) out of 129 MLAs from BJP, 52 (54%) out of 97 MLAs from INC, the only MLA (100%) from BSP and 1 (33%) out of 3 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 20 (16%) out of 129 MLAs from BJP, 25 (26%) out of 97 MLAs from INC, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from BSP and 1 (33%) out of 3 Independent MLAs 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 230 sitting MLAs analysed, 186 (81%) are crorepatis.

Party-wise crorepati MLAs: 107 (83%) out of 129 MLAs from BJP, 76 (78%) out of 97 MLAs from INC and 3 (100%) 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.10.76 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 129 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.9.89 crores, 97 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.11.98 crores, 1 BSP MLA analysed is Rs.96.95 lakhs and 3 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.11.98 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	Sanjay Satyendra Pathak	Katni	Vijayraghavgarh	BJP	1,41,62,25,040	84,54,81,651	2,26,17,06,691 226 Crore+	Y
2	Chetanya Kasyap	Ratlam	Ratlam City	BJP	7,11,00,000	1,97,52,00,000	2,04,63,00,000 204 Crore+	Y
3	Sanjay Shukla	Indore	Indore-1	INC	49,13,86,070	90,79,75,000	1,39,93,61,070 139 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	Ram Dangore	Khandwa	Pandhana (ST)	BJP	50,749	0	50,749 50 Thou+	Y
2	Usha Thakur	Indore	Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow	BJP	7,35,198	0	7,35,198 7 Lacs+	Y
3	Sharad	Shahadol	Beohari (ST)	BJP	8,40,000	0	8,40,000 8 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 38 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	Nilay Vinod Daga	Betul	Betul	INC	1,27,62,89,318 127 Crore+	54,58,83,506 54 Crore+	Y
2	Sanjay Satyendra Pathak	Katni	Vijayraghavgarh	BJP	2,26,17,06,691 226 Crore+	52,10,94,065 52 Crore+	Y
3	Sanjay Shukla	Indore	Indore-1	INC	1,39,93,61,070 139 Crore+	46,58,99,482 46 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	Bhupendra Singh	BJP	Khurai	Sagar	46,00,27,069 46 Crore+	-	-	2018-2019	5,76,37,749 5 Crore+	97,63,942 97 Lacs+
2	Sanjay Satyendra Pathak	BJP	Vijayraghavgarh	Katni	2,26,17,06,691 226 Crore+	Business & Others	Business & Others	2017-2018	2,34,90,390 2 Crore+	85,97,680 85 Lacs+
3	Kamal Nath	INC	Chhindwara: Bye Election On 29-04-2019	Chhindwara	1,24,85,96,145 124 Crore+	Salary And Interest	Business	2017-2018	2,34,81,740 2 Crore+	1,38,44,424 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: 62(33%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^thstandard while 158 (64%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 4 MLAs are Diploma holders. 5 MLAs have declared themselves to be just literates and 1 MLA has declared himself Illiterate.

Age details of MLAs: 96 (42%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 134 (58%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.