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

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Press Release

Date: 9th January , 2025

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Delhi Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 65 out of 70 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly 5 seats are vacant.

This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2020 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/Delhi-Sitting-MLAs-2020-Report

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 65 sitting MLAs analysed, 43 (66%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 36 (55%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 1 Sitting MLA has declared case related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 13 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 13 Sitting MLAs 1 Sitting MLA has declared charge related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 38 (66%) out of 58 MLAs from AAP and 5 (71%) out of 7 MLAs from BJP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 32 (55%) out of 58 MLAs from AAP and 4 (57%) out of 7 MLAs from BJP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of sitting MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Billionaire MLAs: Out of 65 sitting MLAs analysed , 1 (2%) is Billionaire.

Total assets of MLAs: The total assets of 65 sitting MLAs are Rs. 829.21 Crores.

Party wise Total assets MLAs: The total assets for 58 AAP Sitting MLAs analysed is Rs.777.02 crores and 7 BJP Sitting MLAs have total assets of Rs.52.18 crores.

Figure: Party wise Total Assets of the Sitting MLAs (Rs.in Crores)

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.12.75 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 58 AAP sitting MLAs analysed is Rs.13.39 crores and 7 BJP sitting MLAs have average assets of Rs.7.45 crores.

High assets Sitting MLAs: The top three Sitting 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	Dharampal Lakra	North-West	Mundka	AAP	3,37,79,176	2,88,74,00,000	2,92,11,79,176 292 Crore+	Y
2	Pramila Tokas	New Delhi	R K Puram	AAP	16,19,28,955	64,69,46,820	80,88,75,775 80 Crore+	Y
3	A Dhanwati Chandela A	West	Rajouri Garden	AAP	3,80,40,449	53,10,00,000	56,90,40,449 56 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with highest declared assets

Low assets Sitting MLAs: The details of three Sitting 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	Rakhi Birla	West	Mangol Puri	AAP	76,421	0	76,421 76 Thou+	Y
2	Durgesh Pathak	South-West	Rajinder Nagar: Bye Election On 23-06-2022	AAP	6,77,980	0	6,77,980 6 Lacs+	Y
3	Sanjeev Jha	North	Burari	AAP	3,77,347	6,60,000	10,37,347 10 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three Sitting MLAs with lowest declared assets

Sitting MLAs with high liabilities: 45 Sitting MLAs have declared liabilities and the details of the top 3 Sitting MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Raj Kumari Dhillon	West	Hari Nagar	AAP	48,08,47,690 48 Crore+	19,50,29,599 19 Crore+	52,53,150 52 Lacs+	Y
2	Pramila Tokas	New Delhi	R K Puram	AAP	80,88,75,775 80 Crore+	11,75,03,156 11 Crore+	0	Y
3	Dharampal Lakra	North-West	Mundka	AAP	2,92,11,79,176 292 Crore+	6,04,36,578 6 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with high liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	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 sitting MLAs	Total income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Rs)
1	Dharampal Lakra	AAP	Mundka	North-West	2,92,11,79,176 292 Crore+	Business, Agricultural Income & Interest Income from Bank	Agricultural Income & Interest Income	2018-2019	1,17,86,870 1 Crore+	95,71,996 95 Lacs+
2	Ajay Dutt	AAP	Ambedkar Nagar	South	2,83,66,215 2 Crore+	Self Employed Along with MLA Salary	Self Employed	2018-2019	1,12,94,450 1 Crore+	58,21,240 58 Lacs+
3	Raj Kumari Dhillon	AAP	Hari Nagar	West	48,08,47,690 48 Crore+	Pension and Rental Income	Business	2018-2019	1,04,73,800 1 Crore+	2,79,220 2 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 Sitting 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 Sitting MLAs: 23(35%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th and 12^thstandard while 38 (58%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 4 MLAs are Diploma holders.

Age details of Sitting MLAs: 38 (58%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 27 (42%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.