Press Release: 31% of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves; average assets of MPs analysed is Rs.79.54 crores

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Press Release

Date: June 28, 2022

Dear Friends,

National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 226 out of 233 sitting MPs. In the current rajya sabha 1 seat is vacant. Two MPs have not been analysed as their affidavits were unavailable and 4 seats of Jammu and Kashmir are undefined.

The detailed reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-rajya-3

S.No.	State	Name	Party	Issue/Current Status
1	Assam	Sarbananda Sonowal	BJP	Affidavit not available
2	Karnataka	Narayana Koragappa	BJP	Affidavit not available
3	Tripura	-	-	Seat is vacant
4	Jammu and Kashmir	-	-	Undefined
5	Jammu and Kashmir	-	-	Undefined
6	Jammu and Kashmir	-	-	Undefined
7	Jammu and Kashmir	-	-	Undefined

Table: Rajya Sabha MPs who have not been analysed

Summary and Highlights

Criminal background

Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 226 Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 71(31%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Rajya Sabha MPs with serious criminal cases:37(16%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared serious criminal cases.

Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to murder: 2 Rajya Sabha MPs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).

Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 Rajya Sabha MPs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).

Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to Crimes against Women: 4 Rajya Sabha MPs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 4 MPs, One Rajya Sabha MP namely K.C. Venugopal (INC) from Rajasthan has declared case related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases:20(24%) out of 85 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 12 (39%) out of 31 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 3 (23%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 5(83%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD, 4(80%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from CPI(M), 3(30%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 3(33%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP and 2(50%) out of 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from NCP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Rajya Sabha MPs with serious criminal cases: 9(11%) out of 85 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 8 (26%) out of 31 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 1 (8%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 3(50%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD, 2(40%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from CPI(M), 1(10%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from AAP, 3(33%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP and 1(25%) out of 4 Rajya Sabha MPs from NCP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

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

State Wise Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: 7(23%) out of 31 Rajya Sabha MPs from Uttar Pradesh, 12(63%) out of 19 Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra, 6 (33%) out of 18 Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, 3(19%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from West Bengal, 6(67%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from Kerala and 10(63%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

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

Financial Background

Figure: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs

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

Value of assets (Rs)	Number of Rajya Sabha MPs	Percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs
Rs.10 crores and above	86	38%
Rs.5 crores to Rs.10 crores	34	15%
Rs.1 crore to Rs.5 crores	77	34%
Rs.20 lakhs to Rs.1 crore	23	10%
less than Rs.20 lakhs	6	3%

Table: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs

Crorepati Rajya Sabha MPs: Out of the 226 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 197 (87%) are crorepatis.

Partywise crorepati Rajya Sabha MPs: Among major parties, 74 (87%)out of 85 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 29 (94%) out of 31 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 10(77%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 9(90%) out of 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from DMK and 8(89%)out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepatis Rajya Sabha MPs

Figure: State Wise Percentage of Crorepatis Rajya Sabha MPs

Average assets:The average of assets per Rajya Sabha MP is Rs. 79.54 crores.

Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per MP for 85 BJP Rajya Sabha MPs analysed is Rs 27.44 crores, 31 INC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs 50.09 crores , 13 AITC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 4.34, 9 YSRCP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 395.77 crores, 7 TRS Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 799.46 crores, 4 NCP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 118.71 crores and 10 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs. 131.66 crores.
High asset Rajya Sabha MPs*:The top three Rajya Sabha MPs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State/UT	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr Bandi Partha Saradhi	Telangana	TRS	52,15,25,84,379	84,95,67,300	53,00,21,51,679 5300 Crore+	Y
2	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	25,18,44,63,030	59,31,16,150	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	Y
3	Bachchan Jaya Amitabh	Uttar Pradesh	SP	5,38,83,66,566	4,62,80,25,000	10,01,63,91,566 1001 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha MPs with highest declared assets

Low asset Rajya Sabha MPs: 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with lowest assets have their assets valued less than Rs 10 lakhs, and their details are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State/UT	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	Sanjay Singh	Nct Of Delhi	AAP	6,60,513	0	6,60,513 6 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three Rajya Sabha MPs with lowest declared assets

Rajya Sabha MPs with high liabilities: 169(75%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with highest declared liabilities are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State/UT	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	Bachchan Jaya Amitabh	Uttar Pradesh	SP	10,01,63,91,566 1001 Crore+	1,05,64,84,796 105 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha MPs with high liabilities

# Disputed Liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party Name	State/UT	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	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+
2	Dr Bandi Partha Saradhi	TRS	Telangana	53,00,21,51,679 5300 Crore+	Business Income, Salary Income, Interest Income, Dividend Income & Income from Investments	Business Income, Salary Income, Interest Income, Dividend Income, Income from Investments & Agricultural Income	2020-2021	1,40,39,06,789 140 Crore+	1,35,36,98,280 135 Crore+
3	Abhishek Manu Singhvi	INC	West Bengal	6,49,80,99,894 649 Crore+	Professional Fees, Returns of Investment, MP Salary & Rental income	Returns of Investment, Rent from Property, royalty & Performance fees	2016-2017	1,31,56,86,280 131 Crore+	1,30,96,95,330 130 Crore+

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

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of Rajya Sabha MPs: 29 (13%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass while 190 (84%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 7 Rajya Sabha MPs are Diploma Holders.

Age details of Rajya Sabha MPs: 5 (2%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 124 (55%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 93(41%) Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years. There are 4 Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared their age to be above 80 years.