Saturday, October 26th, 2019
Maharashtra 2019: 40% of New MLAs Face Serious Criminal Cases, 93% Are Crorepatis
Close to 40 per cent of the MLAs elected to the new Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, 113 in all, have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, according to an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) study of the affidavits they filed with their nominations. Criminal cases ADR examined the affidavits of 285 of the 288 MLAs; the rest could not be studied because complete affidavits were not available. In total, 176 MLAs declared criminal cases of some kind, five percentage points more than in the previous assembly. Among those facing serious charges,Read More