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

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Press Release

Date: January 24, 2023

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Nagaland Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of all 60 sitting MLAs. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2018 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-mlas-8

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 60 sitting MLAs analysed, 2 (3%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 2 (3%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 1(2%) out of 42 MLAs from NDPP and 1 (8%) out of 12 MLAs from BJP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 1(2%) out of 42 MLAs from NDPP and 1 (8%) out of 12 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

Crorepati MLAs: Out of 60 sitting MLAs analysed , 45 (75%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 32 (76%)out of 42 MLAs from NDPP, 9 (75%) out of 12 MLAs from BJP, 3 (75%) out of 4 MLAs from NPF and 1(50%) out of 2 Independent MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.5.14 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 42 NDPP MLAs analysed is Rs.5.73 crores, 12 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.3.68 crores, 4 NPF MLAs analysed is Rs.5.34 crores and 2 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.1.13 crores.

High asset MLAs:The top three 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	Neiphiu Rio	Kohima	Northern Angami-II	NDPP	15,37,19,827	21,04,46,000	36,41,65,827 36 Crore+	Y
2	K. Tokugha Sukhalu	Zunheboto	Zunheboto	NDPP	2,90,51,000	14,85,00,000	17,75,51,000 17 Crore+	Y
3	Yitachu	Phek	Meluri	NDPP	5,12,32,192	12,44,10,000	17,56,42,192 17 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

Low asset MLAs: The details of three 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	Eshak Konyak	Mon	Aboi	NDPP	3,56,651	8,00,000	11,56,651 11 Lacs+	Y
2	B. S. Nganlang Phom	Longleng	Tamlu	NDPP	21,91,966	0	21,91,966 21 Lacs+	Y
3	Longrineken	Mokokchung	Jangpetkong	BJP	13,04,544	24,00,000	37,04,544 37 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 3(5%) MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 40 lakhs and above, and the details of these 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Temjen Imna Along	Mokokchung	Alongtaki	BJP	9,20,81,988 9 Crore+	75,00,000 75 Lacs+	Y
2	Longrineken	Mokokchung	Jangpetkong	BJP	37,04,544 37 Lacs+	61,00,000 61 Lacs+	Y
3	Muthingnyuba Sangtam	Tuensang	Longkhim Chare	NDPP	5,05,57,800 5 Crore+	40,00,000 40 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

Other Background Details

Education Details of MLAs: 19 (32%) MLAs have declared their education qualification to be between 8th pass and 12th pass while 40 (67%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above and one MLA had declared himself as illiterate.

Age details of MLAs: 10 (17%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 32 (53%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 17(28%) MLAs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years and 1 MLA had declared his age above 80 years.