elected MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves average assets of MPs analysed is Rs 74 crores

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Ahmedabad: National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 62 newly elected MPs of Rajya Sabha 2020.
The detailed reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-and-financial-details-newly-elected-mps-rajya-sabha-june-2020
Summary and Highlights
Criminal background

MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 62 MPs analysed, 16 (26%) MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MPs with serious criminal cases: 11 (18%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to Murder, attempt to murder, Rape, dacoity, theft etc.

MPs with cases related to Murder: 1 MP has declared case of murder (IPC Section-302).

MPs with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 2 MPs have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

MPs with cases related to Crimes against Women: 3 MPs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of these 3 MPs, 1 MP has declared case related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise MPs with criminal cases: 2 (11%) out of 18 MPs from BJP, 3 (33%) out of 9 MPs from INC, 2 (100%) out of 2 MPs from NCP, 2 (50%) out of 4 MPs from YSRCP and 1 MP each from AITC (25%), BJD (25%), DMK (33%), RJD (50%), JDU (50%), RPI(A) (100%), Independent (100%) have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

State wise MPs with criminal cases: 4 out of 7 (57%) MPs from Maharashtra, 2 out of 5 (40%) MPs from Bihar, 1 out of 6 (17%) MPs from Tamil Nadu, 1 out of 5 (20%) MPs from West Bengal, 2 out of 4 (50%) Andhra Pradesh MPs, 1 out of 4 (25%) MPs from Gujarat, 1 out of 4 (25%) MPs from Odisha, 1 out of 3 (33%) MPs from Madhya Pradesh, 1 out of 3 (33%) MPs from Assam, 1 out of 3 (33%) MPs from Rajasthan and 1 out of 2 (50%) MPs from Jharkhand have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Financial background

Crorepati MPs: Out of the 62 newly elected MPs, 52 (84%) are crorepatis.

High asset MPs*: The top three MPs with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Age	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy	ANDHRA PRADESH	YSRCP	57	25,18,44,63,030	59,31,16,150	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	Y
2	Nathwani Parimal	ANDHRA PRADESH	YSRCP	64	2,02,00,03,606	1,94,83,92,592	3,96,83,96,198 396 Crore+	Y
3	Jyotiraditya M. Scindia	MADHYA PRADESH	BJP	49	50,05,10,644	3,28,98,18,500	3,79,03,29,144 379 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MPs with highest declared assets
*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

Low asset MPs: The details of three MPs with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Party Name	Age	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba	Manipur	BJP	48	1,98,594	3,50,000	5,48,594 5 Lacs+	Y
2	Ashok Gasti	Karnataka	BJP	56	11,40,048	8,00,000	19,40,048 19 Lacs+	Y
3	Arpita Ghosh	West Bengal	AITC	53	23,89,913	0	23,89,913 23 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MPs with lowest declared assets

Party wise crorepati MPs: 14 (78%) out of 18 MPs from BJP, 8 (89%) out of 9 MPs from INC, 3 (75%) out of 4 MPs from AITC, 3 (100%) out of 3 MPs from DMK, 3 (75%) out of 4 MPs from YSRCP, 3 (75%) out of 4 MPs from BJD, 2 (100%) out of 2 MPs from AIADMK, 2 (100%) out of 2 MPs from TRS, 2 (100%) out of 2 MPs from RJD, 2 (100%) out of 2 MPs from NCP, 2 (100%) out of 2 MPs from JD(U), 1 MP (100%) each from NPP, CPI(M), Bodoland Peoples Front, SHS, JMM, JD(S), RPI(A) and Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Average assets: The average assets value of the newly elected MPs to the Rajya Sabha, 2020 is Rs. 74.04 crores.

Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets for 18 BJP MPs is Rs 40.86 crores, 9 INC MPs is Rs 20.32 crores, 4 YSRCP MPs is Rs 744.91 crores, 4 AITC MPs is Rs.2.59 crores, 4 BJD MPs is Rs.1.98 crores and 3 DMK MPs is Rs. 4.97 crores.

MPs with high liabilities: 19 MPs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MPs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Party	Age	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Nathwani Parimal	Andhra Pradesh	YSRCP	64	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	57	25,77,75,79,180 2577 Crore+	1,54,75,52,911 154 Crore+	0	Y
3	Amarendra Dhari Singh	Bihar	RJD	60	2,38,17,77,162 238 Crore+	10,82,05,113 10 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three MPs with high liabilities
# Disputed liabilities

MPs with high income as declared in ITR*: The table below shows 3 MPs 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 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	Amarendra Dhari Singh	RJD	Bihar	2,38,17,77,162 238 Crore+	Business Income	-	2018-2019	74,11,59,118 74 Crore+	74,11,59,118 74 Crore+
3	Naraharibhai Amin	BJP	Gujarat	75,58,97,209 75 Crore+	Finance And Rent Income	Finance And Rent Income	2018-2019	48,01,15,810 48 Crore+	31,07,10,850 31 Crore+

Table: 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 MPs: 10 (16%) MPs have declared their education qualification to be between 8th pass and 12th pass, while 31 (50%) MPs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or graduate professional. 14 (23%) MPs have declared themselves to be postgraduates while 6 (10%) MPs have declared they are Doctorates and 1 MP has declared Diploma.

Age details of MPs: 30 (48%) MPs have declared their age to be between 31 and 60 years while 32 (52%) MPs have declared their age to be between 61 and 90 years. The oldest MP is H. D. Devegowda aged 87 years from Karnataka and the youngest MP is Mausam Noor aged 40 from West Bengal.

Gender details of MPs: Out of 62 MPs, only 8 (13%) newly elected MPs are women.

A report by National Election Watch/Association for Democratic Reforms.