Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of New Ministers in the Bihar Assembly 2020 Post Cabinet Reconstitution on 16th August 2022

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Date: August 17, 2022

Dear Friends,

Consequent to the reconstitution of the Bihar state cabinet on 16 August 2022, Association for Democratic Reforms and Bihar Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 32 out of 33 Ministers including Chief Minister from Bihar State Assembly 2020. A nominated minister namely Ashok Chaudhary of JD(U) is not required to submit his affidavit, hence his information on criminal, financial and other details are not available in the public domain.

For the complete reports in Hindi and English, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-ministers-bihar-3

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Ministers with Criminal Cases: 23(72%) ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 17 (53%) ministers have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Party Name	Total number of Ministers analyzed	Ministers with declared Criminal Cases	% of Ministers with declared criminal cases	Ministers with declared serious criminal cases	% of Ministers with declared serious criminal cases
RJD	17	15	88%	11	65%
JD(U)	11	4	36%	3	27%
INC	2	2	100%	1	50%
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	1	1	100%	1	100%
Independent	1	1	100%	1	100%
Total	32	23	72%	17	53%

Financial Background

Crorepati Ministers: Out of the 32 ministers, 27 (84%) ministers are crorepatis.

Party Name	Number of Ministers Analyzed	No of Crorepatis Ministers	Percentage of Crorepati Ministers
RJD	17	16	94%
JD(U)	11	9	82%
INC	2	0	0%
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	1	1	100%
Independent	1	1	100%
Total	32	27	84%

Average Assets: The average assets of 32 ministers analysed is Rs 5.82 crores.

Party Name	Number of Ministers Analyzed	Average Assets (Rs)
RJD	17	Rs 7,59,54,426 ~ 2 Crore+
JD(U)	11	Rs 4,55,27,053 ~ 2 Crore+
INC	2	Rs 53,79,870 ~ 58 lakhs+
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	1	Rs 2,57,46,848 ~ 2 Crore+
Independent	1	Rs 3,68,09,526 ~ 2 Crore+
All Parties	32	Rs 5,82,91,842 5 Crore+

Minister with Highest Assets: The minister with the highest declared total assets is Samir Kumar Mahaseth from Madhubani constituency with assets worth Rs. 24.45 crores.

Minister with Lowest Assets: The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Murari Prasad Gautam from Chenari (SC) constituency with assets worth Rs. 17.66 lakhs.

Liabilities: A total of 23(72%) ministers have declared liabilities out of which the minister with the highest liabilities is Lalit Kumar Yadav of Darbhanga Rural constituency with Rs. 2.35 crores of liabilities.

Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age)

Ministers’ Education: 8 (25%) ministers have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th and 12^thstandard while 24 (75%) ministers have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

Ministers’ Age: A total of 17(53%) ministers have declared their age to be between 30-50 years while 15(47%) ministers have declared their age to be between 51- 75 years.