Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Sitting MLCs in Maharashtra, 2022

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Press Release

Date: 15 July, 2022

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 62 out of 78 sitting MLCs. In the current Maharashtra Legislative Council, 16 seats are vacant.

For the complete report in Hindi and English, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-mlc

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLCs with criminal cases: Out of the 62 MLCs analysed, 32(52%) MLCs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLCs with serious criminal cases: 9(15%) MLCs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLCs with declared cases related to murder: 1 MLC has declared case related to murder (IPC section 302).

MLCs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 1 MLC has declared case related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).

MLCs with declared cases related to Crimes against Women: 3 MLCs have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise MLCs with criminal cases: 12(50%) out of 24 MLCs from BJP, 7 (64%) out of 11 MLCs from SHS, 4 (40%) out of 10 MLCs from INC, 4(40%) out of 10 MLCs from NCP and 3(75%) out of the 4 Independent MLCs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise MLCs with serious criminal cases: 3(13%) out of 24 MLCs from BJP, 2 (18%) out of 11 MLCs from SHS, 2(20%) out of 10 MLCs from INC, 1(10%) out of 10 MLCs from NCP and 1(25%) out of the 4 Independent MLCs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of MLCs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati MLCs: Out of the 62 sitting MLCs analysed, 59 (95%) are crorepatis.

Partywise crorepati MLCs: Among major parties, 23 (96%)out of 24 MLCs from BJP, 10 (100%) out of 10 MLCs from INC, 10(100%) out of 10 MLCs from NCP, 10(91%) out of 11 MLCs from SHS and 3(75%)out of the 4 Independent MLCs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepatis MLCs

Average assets: The average of assets per MLC is Rs. 25.23 crores.

Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per MLC for 24 BJP MLCs analysed is Rs 33.75 crores, 11 SHS MLCs have average assets of Rs 22.99 crores , 10 NCP MLCs have average assets worth Rs 25.28 crores, 10 INC MLCs have average assets worth Rs. 16.10 crores, 1 Peasant and Workers Party of India MLC has average assets worth Rs. 30.68 crores, 1 Lok Bharati MLC has average assets worth Rs. 8.28 crores, 1 Rashtriya Samaj Paksha MLC has average assets worth Rs. 1.14 crores and 4 Independent MLCs have average assets of Rs. 11.84 crores.

High asset MLCs:The top three MLCs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	Constituency/Members	Term (From, To)	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Pravin Ramchandra Pote	Local Authorities	22-JUN-2018, 21-JUN-2024	BJP	4,87,07,139	1,54,46,19,295	1,59,33,26,434 159 Crore+	Y
2	Prasad Minesh Lad	Elected By MLAs	8-JUL-2022, 7-JUL-2028	BJP	87,99,30,277	64,52,37,777	1,52,51,68,054 152 Crore+	Y
3	Dushyant Satish Chaturvedi	Local Authorities	5-FEB-2020, 5-DEC-2022	SHS	50,47,88,138	88,79,62,000	1,39,27,50,138 139 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLCs with highest declared assets

Low asset MLCs: 3 MLCs with lowest assets have their assets valued less than Rs 1 crores, and their details are as follows:

S.No.	Name	Constituency/Members	Term (From, To)	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ganar Nagorao Pundlik	Elected From Teachers Constituency	8-FEB-2017, 7-FEB-2023	IND	16,06,802	23,00,000	39,06,802 39 Lacs+	Y
2	Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar	Elected By MLAs	14-MAY-2020, 13-MAY-2026	BJP	12,63,113	75,00,000	87,63,113 87 Lacs+	Y
3	Dr. Manisha Shyamsunder Kayande	Elected By MLAs	28-JUL-2018, 27-JUL-2024	SHS	60,87,976	27,00,000	87,87,976 87 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLCs with lowest declared assets

MLCs with high liabilities: 56(90%) MLCs have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 MLCs with highest declared liabilities are as follows:

S.No.	Name	Constituency/Members	Term (From, To)	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Prasad Minesh Lad	Elected By MLAs	8-JUL-2022, 7-JUL-2028	BJP	1,52,51,68,054 152 Crore+	78,36,59,545 78 Crore+	Y
2	Ashok Arjunrao Jagtap	Elected By MLAs	8-JUL-2022, 7-JUL-2028	INC	49,92,33,235 49 Crore+	19,07,26,282 19 Crore+	Y
3	Chandrashekhar Krushnaraoji Bawankule	Local Authorities	2-JAN-2022, 1-JAN-2028	BJP	34,73,96,298 34 Crore+	17,42,58,265 17 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLCs with high liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Term (From, To)	Constituency/Members	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 MLC	Total income shown by MLC in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MLC in ITR (Rs)
1	Bhosale Anil Shivajirao	NCP	6-DEC-2016, 5-DEC-2022	Local Authorities	74,36,22,000 74 Crore+	-	-	2014-2015	17,21,77,791 17 Crore+	16,44,56,508 16 Crore+
2	Prasad Minesh Lad	BJP	8-JUL-2022, 7-JUL-2028	Elected By MLAs	1,52,51,68,054 152 Crore+	Salary & Rental Income	Salary & rental Income	2021-2022	7,27,48,848 7 Crore+	4,90,02,840 4 Crore+
3	Satej Alias Bunty Dnyandev Patil	INC	2-JAN-2022, 1-JAN-2028	Local Authorities	40,91,94,848 40 Crore+	Agriculture and Service	Agriculture and Service	2020-2021	4,25,78,172 4 Crore+	3,09,16,210 3 Crore+

Table: Top 3 MLCs with high income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background details

Education Details of MLCs: 17 (27%) MLCs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 43 (69%) MLCs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 2 MLCs are Diploma Holders.

Age details of MLCs: 7 (11%) MLCs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 38 (61%) MLCs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 17(27%) MLCs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years.