Delhi Elections: With AAP's Victory, Assembly Has More Criminal and Richer MLAs!

If you follow social media or talk to people who are heavy users of social media, you may not know this because no one told you so. 

Do you know that with victory of AAP in Delhi assembly elections 2020, the number of MLAs with Criminal Records has "doubled"? Yes, the MLAs with Criminal Records has "DOUBLED" from what were in year 2015!

61% of newly-elected Delhi MLAs have declared criminal cases as compared to 34% in 2015 (Source: The Hindu)

According to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 43 of the 70 newly-elected MLAs, or 61%, have declared criminal cases against them. After the 2015 Assembly elections, the number stood at 24 (of the 70 MLAs) or 34%. 

The number of MLAs who declared serious criminal cases, which includes crimes against women, murder, assault and corruption, more than doubled from 14, or 20% of the total, in 2015 to 37, or 53%, in the newly-elected Assembly, ADR said.

Of the 62 AAP MLAs, 38 or 61% have declared criminal cases against themselves in their election affidavits. Among the 43 newly-elected MLAs who have declared criminal cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had the highest number of cases — 13.

Nine of the newly-elected Delhi MLAs — eight from the AAP, including incumbent Speaker Ram Niwas Goel, and one of the BJP — declared convictions in various cases.

In terms of their financial backgrounds, 74% of the newly-elected MLAs declared assets of over ₹1 crore, an increase from 63% in 2015. This includes 73% of AAP MLAs. The average assets of MLAs increased from ₹6.29 crore in 2015 to ₹14.29 crore now.

Three AAP MLAs possessed with the highest assets, ADR said. Mundka MLA Dharampal Lakra declared ₹292 crore in assets, followed by R.K. Puram MLA Parmila Tokas, who declared ₹80 crore in assets, and Patel Nagar MLA Raaj Kumar Anand, who declared ₹78 crore in assets.