Press Release: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2024: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Ministers in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly 2024

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Date: June 13, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Andhra Pradesh Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 25 Ministers including Chief Minister from Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Elections 2024.

The information is based on the affidavits submitted by the ministers prior to 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-ministers-andhra-0

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Ministers with Criminal Cases: Out of the 25 ministers analysed, 22 (88%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 14(56%) ministers have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Ministers with cases related to murder: One minister namely Kollu Ravindra of TDP from Machilipatnam has declared a case related to murder (IPC Section-302).

Ministers with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 6 Ministers have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves. The details of these ministers are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Cases	Serious IPC
1	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	Chittoor	Kuppam	TDP	19	32
2	Nara Lokesh	Guntur	Mangalagiri	TDP	17	11
3	Atchannaidu Kinjarapu	Srikakulam	Tekkali	TDP	13	20
4	Vasamsetti Subash	East Godavari	Ramachandrapuram	TDP	12	21
5	Bobbala Chinnolla Janardhan Reddy	Kurnool	Banaganapalle	TDP	9	2
6	Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy	Kadapa	Rayachoti	TDP	5	8

Table: Ministers with declared cases related to attempt to murder

Ministers with cases related to Crime against Women: 4 Ministers have declared cases related to crime against women. The details of these ministers are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Cases	Serious IPC
1	S. Savitha	Anantapur	Penukonda	TDP	10	7
2	Kandula Durgesh	East Godavari	Nidadavole	Janasena Party	7	5
3	Narayana Ponguru	Nellore	Nellore City	TDP	8	11
4	Anitha Vangalapudi	Visakhapatnam	Payakaraopet (SC)	TDP	7	6

Table: Ministers with declared cases related to crime against women

Ministers with cases related to Hate Speech: 6 Ministers have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves. The details of these ministers are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Cases	Serious IPC
1	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	Chittoor	Kuppam	TDP	19	32
2	Konidala Pawan Kalyan	East Godavari	Pithapuram	Janasena Party	8	7
3	Nara Lokesh	Guntur	Mangalagiri	TDP	17	11
4	Atchannaidu Kinjarapu	Srikakulam	Tekkali	TDP	13	20
5	Anitha Vangalapudi	Visakhapatnam	Payakaraopet (SC)	TDP	7	6
6	Dr. Nimmala Ramanaidu	West Godavari	Palakollu	TDP	20	3

Table: Ministers with declared cases related to hate speech

Financial Background

Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 25 ministers analysed, 24 (96%) are crorepatis.

Average Assets: The average assets of 25 ministers analysed is Rs 129.46 crores.

High Assets Ministers: 6 Ministers have declared more than Rs.100 crores worth of assets. These ministers are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	CHITTOOR	KUPPAM	TDP	8,10,42,29,047	1,21,41,41,609	9,31,83,70,656 931 Crore+	Y
2	Narayana Ponguru	NELLORE	NELLORE CITY	TDP	1,79,54,35,404	6,44,53,16,977	8,24,07,52,381 824 Crore+	Y
3	Nara Lokesh	GUNTUR	MANGALAGIRI	TDP	3,94,09,65,338	1,48,08,01,696	5,42,17,67,034 542 Crore+	Y
4	T.G. Bharath	KURNOOL	KURNOOL	TDP	83,08,23,821	1,95,19,71,500	2,78,27,95,321 278 Crore+	Y
5	Konidala Pawan Kalyan	EAST GODAVARI	PITHAPURAM	Janasena Party	46,17,97,612	1,18,36,02,811	1,64,54,00,423 164 Crore+	Y
6	Bobbala Chinnolla Janardhan Reddy	KURNOOL	BANAGANAPALLE	TDP	58,11,72,290	93,79,98,069	1,51,91,70,359 151 Crore+	Y

Table: Ministers with highest declared assets

*Total assets include assets of self, spouse and dependents.

Minister with Lowest Assets: The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Doctor Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy from Kondapi (SC) constituency with assets worth Rs. 93.41 Lakhs.

Liabilities: 24 ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Narayana Ponguru of Nellore City constituency with Rs. 190.17 crores of liabilities.

Other Background Details

Ministers’ Education: 6 (24%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 10^th pass and 12^th pass, while 18 (72%) ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 1 minister is Diploma holder.

Ministers’ Age: 19 (76%) ministers have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years while 6 (24%) ministers have declared their age to be between 61 and 80 years.