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New Delhi: Among the
states whose assembly results were declared last week, West Bengal
has the maximum number of legislators with criminal cases pending
against them -- at 35 percent, a study said Monday.
"Around 35 percent of MLAs (members of legislative assembly) of
West Bengal, 29 percent of Tamil Nadu, 10 percent of Assam and 30
percent of MLAs from Puducherry have criminal cases pending
against them," a statement from Election Watch, the election
analysis wing of think tank Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR),
said.
The organisation did not analyse the fifth state, Kerala.
West Bengal has a total of 102 legislators with pending cases, as
per their own declaration. At least 75 of them face serious
charges like murder, attempt to murder, theft and kidnapping.
"All major parties have MLAs with pending criminal cases.
Trinamool Congress has 69 MLAs out of 183 analysed (38 percent),
Congress has 17 out of 42 (41 percent) and CPI-M (Communist PArty
of India-Marxist) has 7 out of 40 (18 percent) MLAs analysed with
pending criminal cases," the report said.
Ranking second among the four, union territory Puducherry has nine
legislators with pending charges.
"Two MLAs out of these have declared serious IPC (Indian Penal
Code) charges like voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons,"
ADR said.
In Tamil Nadu, 66 legislators have criminal cases pending against
them, with the victorious AIADMK having highest number of 46
tainted legislators, 31 percent of its assembly strength.
DMK has seven out of 23 lawmakers (30 percent) with pending
charges, CPI-M three out of 10 (30 percent) and PMK two out of its
three legislators (67 percent).
"Thirtysix MLAs out of these 66 analyzed have declared serious IPC
charges like
murder, attempt to murder, robbery and extortion against them,"
said ADR.
In Assam, 13 of its 126 legislators have criminal cases pending
against them.
Congress, which won the polls, has only four such legislators out
of its assembly strength of 78 (five percent).
The Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) has six lawmakers with
pending cases, out of its strength of 18 (33 percent), while
Trinamool Congress, Assom Gana Parishad and the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) have one each.
In addition, 37 percent of lawmakers in Assam, 52 percent in Tamil
Nadu, 16 percent in West Bengal and 63 percent in Puducherry are
multi-millionaires, the report said.
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