Of the 240 sitting MLAs of Bihar Legislative Assembly, 136 i.e. 55 percent of the MLAs have criminal cases against them. Of the 94 MLAs, 39 percent have serious criminal cases. At the same time, 160 MLAs i.e. 67 percent are millionaires. This has been reported in the report released on Monday by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch. Financial, criminal, education, gender, and other details declared by legislators are given in this report.
Statistics of criminal cases filed on MLAs: -
11 MLAs have declared cases of murder registered against them.
30 MLAs gave information about the case registered under the attempt to murder.
5 MLAs gave information about cases registered under atrocities against women. One of these 5 MLAs is booked for rape.
45 out of 80 MLAs of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) (56 percent), 34 out of 69 MLAs (49 percent) of the Janata Dal-United (JDU), 34 out of 54 MLAs (63 percent) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). , 14 out of 25 MLAs of Congress (56 percent), 2 of 2 MLAs (100 percent) of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 3 of 3 MLAs (100 percent) of the Communist Party of India (CPI-ML-L), and 5 Independent MLAs have given information about criminal cases lodged against them in their affidavits.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has 33 MLAs out of 80 (41 percent), 26 out of 69 MLAs (38 percent) of Janata Dal-United (JDU), 19 out of 54 MLAs (35 percent) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). , 10 out of 25 MLAs of Congress (40 percent), 2 to 1 MLAs (50 percent) of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 2 of 3 MLAs (67 percent) of the Communist Party of India (CPI-ML-L), and 5 Independent MLAs have given information about serious criminal cases filed against them in their affidavits.
What is the financial wealth of legislators: -
Of 240 MLAs, 160 i.e. 67 percent are millionaires. 51 out of 69 MLAs (74 percent) of Janata Dal-United (JDU), 51 out of 80 MLAs (64 percent) of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 33 out of 54 MLAs (61 percent) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). , 17 out of 25 MLAs of Congress (68 percent), 2 to 2 MLAs (100 percent) of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 1 out of 1 MLAs (100 percent) of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). And the declared assets of 5 independents are more than Rs 1 crore.
The average assets of each MLA are Rs 3.06 crore.
The 80 RJD MLAs have average assets of Rs 3.02 crore.
The JDU's 69 MLAs have average assets of Rs 2.79 crore.
The average assets of 54 BJP MLAs are Rs 2.38 crore.
The average assets of 25 Congress MLAs are Rs 4.36 crore.
As per the data, 46 out of 240 (19 percent) MLAs have not declared income tax details.
Educational Qualification of MLAs: -
94 i.e. 39 percent of the MLAs have declared educational qualification between 5th to 12th.
134 or 56 percent of the MLAs have declared educational qualification as graduation and above.
9 MLAs have declared educational qualification as literate.
Age of MLAs: -
Of the 128 legislators, 53 percent are between 25 and 50 years old.
The 112 MLAs, that is 47 per cent, are between 51 and 80 years old.
Out of 240 MLAs, 28 i.e. 12% of the MLAs are women.