Press Release: 36% Rajya Sabha candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves; average assets of candidates analysed is Rs 127.81 crores.

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Press Release

Date: February 24, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 58 out 59 candidates contesting for Rajya Sabha Elections to be held on 27^thFebruary, 2024 for 56 seats in 15 states. One candidate namely G.C. Chandrashekar (INC) contesting from Karnataka has not been analysed as his affidavit was badly scanned.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-candidates-37

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Rajya Sabha Candidates with declared criminal cases: Out of the 58 Rajya Sabha Candidates analysed, 21(36%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Rajya Sabha Candidates with declared serious criminal cases: 10 (17%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared serious criminal cases.

Rajya Sabha Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 1 Rajya Sabha Candidate has declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).

Party wise Rajya Sabha Candidates with criminal cases: 8(27%) out of 30 Candidates from BJP, 6 (67%) out of 9 Candidates from INC, 1 (25%) out of 4 Candidates from AITC, 2(67%) out of 3 Candidates from SP, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from YSRCP, 1(50%) out of 2 Candidates from RJD, 1(50%) out of 2 Candidates from BJD and 1(100%) Candidate from BRS have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Rajya Sabha Candidates with serious criminal cases: 3(10%) out of 30 Candidates from BJP, 4 (44%) out of 9 Candidates from INC, 1 (25%) out of 4 Candidates from AITC, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from SP and 1(100%) Candidate from BRS have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party Wise percentage of Rajya Sabha Candidates with Declared Criminal Cases

State Wise Rajya Sabha Candidates with criminal cases: 4(36%) out of 11 Candidates from Uttar Pradesh, 2(33%) out of 6 Candidates from Bihar, 2 (33%) out of 6 Candidates from Maharashtra, 1(20%) out of 5 Candidates from Madhya Pradesh, 2(40%) out of 5 Candidates from West Bengal, 1(25%) out of 4 Candidates from Karnataka, 3(100%) out of 3 Candidates from Telangana, 2(67%) out of 3 Candidates from Rajasthan, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from Andhra Pradesh, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from Odisha and 2(100%) Candidates from Himachal Pradesh have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

State Wise Rajya Sabha Candidates with serious criminal cases: 2(18%) out of 11 Candidates from Uttar Pradesh, 1 (17%) out of 6 Candidates from Maharashtra, 1(20%) out of 5 Candidates from West Bengal, 3(100%) out of 3 Candidates from Telangana, 2(67%) out of 3 Candidates from Rajasthan and 1(50%) out of 2 Candidates from Himachal Pradesh have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

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

Financial Background

Billionaire Rajya Sabha Candidates: Out of the 58 Rajya Sabha Candidates analysed, 12 (21%) are Billionaires.

Party wise Billionaire Rajya Sabha Candidates: Among major parties, 4 (13%) out of 30 Candidates from BJP, 2 (22%) out of 9 Candidates from INC, 2(67%) out of 3 Candidates from YSRCP, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from SP, 1(100%) Candidate from SHS, 1(100%) Candidate from NCP and 1(100%) JD(S) Candidate have declared assets valued more than Rs 100 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Candidates

State with Highest Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Candidates: 3(27%) out of 11 Candidates from Uttar Pradesh, 2 (33%) out of 6 Candidates from Maharashtra, 2 (67%) out of 3 Candidates from Andhra Pradesh, 1(25%) out of 4 Candidates from Karnataka, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from Telangana, 1(33%) out of 3 Candidates from Odisha, 1(50%) out of 2 Candidates from Himachal Pradesh and 1(25%) out of 4 Candidates from Gujarat have declared assets worth more than Rs. 100 crores.

Figure: State Wise Percentage of Billionaire Rajya Sabha Candidates

Average assets: The average assets of Rajya Sabha Candidates are Rs. 127.81 crores.

Party wise average assets Rajya Sabha Candidates: Among the major parties, the average assets per Candidate for 30 BJP Candidates analysed is Rs 44.15 crores, 9 INC Candidates have average assets of Rs 244.50 crores, 4 AITC Candidates have average assets worth Rs. 23.44 crores, 3 SP Candidates have average assets worth Rs. 531.17 crores, 3 YSRCP Candidates have average assets worth Rs. 201.19 crores, 2 BJD Candidates have average assets worth Rs. 11.97 crores and 2 RJD Candidates have average assets worth Rs. 2.40 crores.

High asset Rajya Sabha Candidates: The top three Rajya Sabha Candidates with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Abhishek Manu Singhvi	Himachal Pradesh	INC	14,58,32,49,466	4,14,00,00,000	18,72,32,49,466 1872 Crore+	Y
2	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	Uttar Pradesh	SP	8,49,11,62,397	7,29,77,00,000	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	Y
3	Kupendra Reddy	Karnataka	JD(S)	5,33,44,96,367	3,38,27,73,190	8,71,72,69,557 871 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha Candidates with highest declared assets

Low Assets Rajya Sabha Candidates: The details of three Rajya Sabha Candidates with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Balyogi Umesh Nath	Madhya Pradesh	BJP	47,39,957	0	47,39,957 47 Lacs+	Y
2	Samik Bhattacharya	West Bengal	BJP	66,22,288	41,66,666	1,07,88,954 1 Crore+	Y
3	Sangita	Uttar Pradesh	BJP	50,45,581	60,24,000	1,10,69,581 1 Crore+	Y

Table: Rajya Sabha Candidates with lowest declared assets

Rajya Sabha Candidates with high liabilities: 34(59%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 Rajya Sabha Candidates with highest declared liabilities are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	Uttar Pradesh	SP	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	1,49,29,86,453 149 Crore+	Y
2	Kupendra Reddy	Karnataka	JD(S)	8,71,72,69,557 871 Crore+	1,41,47,15,549 141 Crore+	Y
3	Meda Raghunadha Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	4,75,46,01,816 475 Crore+	82,49,03,088 82 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Rajya Sabha Candidates with high liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party Name	State	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 candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Abhishek Manu Singhvi	INC	Himachal Pradesh	18,72,32,49,466 1872 Crore+	Professional Fees, Returns of Investments, Other Sources Including MP Salary	Return of Investment, Rent from Property, Other Sources Including Royalty and Professional Fees	2022-2023	3,70,57,04,467 370 Crore+	3,59,56,87,560 359 Crore+
2	Jaya Amitabh Bachchan	SP	Uttar Pradesh	15,78,88,62,397 1578 Crore+	Income From Endorsement, MP Salary, Professional Fees, Interest Income among other	Income From Endorsement, Professional Fees, Rent Income, Interest Income, Dividend Income, Capital Gain, Income from Solar Plant among other	2022-2023	2,75,38,52,780 275 Crore+	1,63,56,190 1 Crore+
3	Kupendra Reddy	JD(S)	Karnataka	8,71,72,69,557 871 Crore+	Salary, Share of income from partnership firms, Dividends, Interest on Deposits & Rents.	Interest on Deposits and Rents	2022-2023	58,03,65,702 58 Crore+	53,86,92,110 53 Crore+

Table: Top 3 Rajya Sabha Candidates 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 Candidates: 10 (17%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 46 (79%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 1 Rajya Sabha Candidate has declared himself to be just literate and 1 Rajya Sabha Candidate is Diploma Holder.

Age details of Rajya Sabha Candidates: 9 (16%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared their age to be between 31 and 50 years while 44 (76%) Rajya Sabha Candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years. There are 5 Rajya Sabha Candidates who have declared their age to be above 70 years.