24% of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves;
Average assets of MPs analysed is Rs 62.67 crores
Date: July 22, 2020:
Rajya Sabha has 233 seats of which 3 seats are vacant. National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 229 out of 230 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs. One MP has not been analysed as his affidavit was unavailable.
The detailed reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-rajya-1
S.No.
|
State
|
Name
|
Party
|
Issue
|
1
|
Kerala
|
K K Ragesh
|
CPI(M)
|
Affidavit not available
|
2
|
Bihar
|
-
|
-
|
Seat is vacant
|
3
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
-
|
-
|
Seat is vacant
|
4
|
Kerala
|
-
|
-
|
Seat is vacant
|
Table: Rajya Sabha MPs who have not been analysed
Summary and Highlights
Criminal background
· Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 229 Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 54(24%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
· Rajya Sabha MPs with serious criminal cases: 28(12%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared serious criminal cases.
· Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to murder: One Rajya Sabha MP namely Bhonsle Shrimant Chh. Udayanraje Pratapsinghmaharaj (BJP) from Maharashtra has declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).
· Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 Rajya Sabha MPs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).
· Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to Crimes against Women: 4 Rajya Sabha MPs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 4 MPs, One Rajya Sabha MP namely K.C. Venugopal (INC) from Rajasthan has declared case related to rape (IPC Section-376).
· Party wise Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: 14(18%) out of 77 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 8 (20%) out of 40 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 2 (15%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 3(33%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJD, 3(50%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP and 2(25%) out of 8 Rajya Sabha MPs from SP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
· Party wise Rajya Sabha MPs with serious criminal cases: 5(6%) out of 77 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 6 (15%) out of 40 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 1 (8%) out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC, 1(11%) out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJD, 3(50%) out of 6 Rajya Sabha MPs from YSRCP and 3(60%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from RJD have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Figure: Party wise percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs with declared criminal cases
· State Wise Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: 6(20%) out of 30 Rajya Sabha MPs from Uttar Pradesh, 8 (42%) out of 19 Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra, 4 (22%) out of 18 Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, 2(13%) out of 16 Rajya Sabha MPs from West Bengal and 8(53%) out of 15 Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Figure: State wise percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs with declared criminal cases
FINANCIAL BACKGROUND
Figure: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs
· Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs : The share of wealth amongst sitting Rajya Sabha MPs as follows:
Value of assets (Rs)
|
Number of Rajya Sabha MPs
|
Percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs
|
Rs.10 crores and above
|
86
|
37%
|
Rs.5 crores to Rs.10 crores
|
36
|
16%
|
Rs.1 crore to Rs.5 crores
|
81
|
35%
|
Rs.20 lakhs to Rs.1 crore
|
22
|
10%
|
less than Rs.20 lakhs
|
4
|
2%
|
Table: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs
· Crorepati Rajya Sabha MPs: Out of the 229 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 203 (89%) are crorepatis.
· Partywise crorepati Rajya Sabha MPs: Among major parties, 69 (90%)out of 77 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP, 37 (93%) out of 40 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC, 9(100%) Rajya Sabha MPs from AIADMK and 9(69%)out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AITC have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.
Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepatis Rajya Sabha MPs
Figure: State Wise Percentage of Crorepatis Rajya Sabha MPs
· Average assets:The average of assets per Rajya Sabha MP is Rs. 62.67 crores.
· Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per MP for 77 BJP Rajya Sabha MPs analysed is Rs 27.74 crores, 40 INC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs 38.96 crores , 13 AITC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 3.46 crores and 9 AIADMK Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs. 12.40 crores.
· High asset Rajya Sabha MPs*:The top three Rajya Sabha MPs with high assets are given below:
S.No.
|
Name
|
State/UT
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
Mahendra Prasad
|
Bihar
|
JD(U)
|
40,43,48,19,318
|
34,92,41,000
|
40,78,40,60,318
4078 Crore+ |
Y
|
2
|
Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
YSRCP
|
25,18,44,63,030
|
59,31,16,150
|
25,77,75,79,180
2577 Crore+ |
Y
|
3
|
Bachchan Jaya Amitabh
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
SP
|
5,38,83,66,566
|
4,62,80,25,000
|
10,01,63,91,566
1001 Crore+ |
Y
|
Table: Top three Rajya Sabha MPs with highest declared assets
· Low asset Rajya Sabha MPs: 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with lowest assets have their assets valued less than Rs 20 lakhs, and their details are as follows:
S.No.
|
Name
|
State/UT
|
Party
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba
|
Manipur
|
BJP
|
1,98,594
|
3,50,000
|
5,48,594
5 Lacs+ |
Y
|
2
|
Sanjay Singh
|
NCT of Delhi
|
AAP
|
6,60,513
|
0
|
6,60,513
6 Lacs+ |
Y
|
3
|
Samir Oraon
|
Jharkhand
|
BJP
|
18,69,000
|
0
|
18,69,000
18 Lacs+ |
Y
|
Table: Three Rajya Sabha MPs with lowest declared assets
· Rajya Sabha MPs with high liabilities: 157(69%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with highest declared liabilities are as follows:
S.No.
|
Name
|
State/UT
|
Part
|
Total Assets(Rs)
|
Liabilities (Rs)
|
Disputed liabilities (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
Nathwani Parimal
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
YSRCP
|
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
|
25,77,75,79,180
2577 Crore+ |
1,54,75,52,911
154 Crore+ |
0
|
Y
|
3
|
Bachchan Jaya Amitabh
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
SP
|
10,01,63,91,566
1001 Crore+ |
1,05,64,84,796
105 Crore+ |
0
|
Y
|
Table: Top three Rajya Sabha MPs with high liabilities
# Disputed Liabilities
· Rajya Sabha MPs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.
S.No.
|
Name
|
Party
|
State/UT
|
Total Asset (Rs)
|
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
|
Mahendra Prasad
|
JD(U)
|
Bihar
|
40,78,40,60,318
4078 Crore+
|
2016-2017
|
3,06,14,00,000
306 Crore+
|
3,03,50,00,000
303 Crore+
|
2
|
Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy
|
YSRCP
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
25,77,75,79,180
2577 Crore+
|
2018-2019
|
2,79,48,09,621
279 Crore+
|
2,62,11,04,675
262 Crore+
|
3
|
Abhishek Manu Singhvi
|
INC
|
West Bengal
|
6,49,80,99,894
649 Crore+
|
2016-2017
|
1,31,56,86,280
131 Crore+
|
1,30,96,95,330
130 Crore+
|
Table: Top 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with high income as declared in income tax returns
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
· Education Details of Rajya Sabha MPs: 24 (10%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8th pass and 12th pass while 200 (87%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 5 Rajya Sabha MPs are Diploma Holders.
· Age details of Rajya Sabha MPs: 4 (2%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 117 (51%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 105(46%) Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years. There are 3 Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared their age to be above 80 years.
· Out of the 229 Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 50(22%) Rajya Sabha MPs had lost earlier direct elections to Lok Sabha and State Assemblies but later won the Rajya Sabha elections. Out of these 50 MPs, 5 are elected from new parties. For more details, kindly refer to the full report.
· Term details of Rajya Sabha MPs: 149 (65%) Rajya Sabha MPs elected for the first time. 41(18%) MPs elected for the second time. 21(9%) MPs elected for the third time. 10(4%) MPs elected for the fourth time while 6 (3%) Rajya Sabha MPs elected for the fifth time in the House. One MP each elected for the sixth time and seventh time.
· Gender details of Rajya Sabha MPs: Out of 229 Rajya Sabha MPs, 22 (10%) Rajya Sabha MPs are women.
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