A report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) disclosed that among the 763 Members of Parliament (MPs) examined, at least 306 ( at least 40 percent) of them have criminal cases registered against them.

 Additionally, the report revealed that 194 ( 25 per cent) sitting MPs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women on their self-sworn affidavits.

The ADR conducted this analysis by studying the affidavits submitted by these MPs before participating in their last elections and any subsequent bye-elections.

These findings pertain to a total of 776 seats in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha across the nation. Among the members of both Houses, 23 (79 per cent) out of 29 MPs from Kerala, 41 (73 per cent) out of 56 MPs from Bihar, 37 (57 per cent) out of 65 MPs from Maharashtra, 13(54 per cent) out of 24 MPs from Telangana and 5 (50 per cent) out of 10 MPs from Delhi have declared criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits, the ADR said.

Furthermore, the report pointed out that the BJP had the highest number of MPs with criminal cases against them.

 About 28 (50 per cent) out of 56 MPs from Bihar, nine (38 per cent) out of 24 MPs from Telangana, 10 (34 per cent) out of 29 MPs from Kerala, 22(34 per cent) out of 65 MPs from Maharashtra and 37 (34 per cent) out of 108 MPs from Uttar Pradesh have declared serious criminal cases in their self-sworn affidavits.

 About 139(36 per cent) out of 385 MPs from BJP, 43 (53 per cent) out of 81 MPs from Congress, 14 (39 per cent) out of 36 MPs from TMC, 5(83 per cent) out of 6 MPs from RJD, 6(75 per cent) out of 8 MPs from CPI(M), 3(27 per cent) out of 11 MPs from AAP, 13(42 per cent) out of 31 MPs from YSRCP and 3(38 per cent) out of 8 MPs from NCP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

About 98 (25 per cent) out of 385 MPs from BJP, 26 (32 per cent) out of 81 MPs from Congress, 7 (19 per cent) out of 36 MPs from TMC, 3(50 per cent) out of 6 MPs from RJD, 2(25 per cent) out of 8 MPs from CPI(M), 1 (9 per cent) out of 11 MPs from AAP, 11(35 per cent) out of 31 MPs from YSRCP and 2(25 per cent) out of 8 MPs from NCP have declared serious criminal cases in their affidavits.

 Eleven sitting MPs have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302), 32 sitting MPs have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307), while 21 sitting MPs have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Out of these 21 MPs, four MPs have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376). The average worth of assets per MP from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is `38.33 crore and 53 (seven per cent) are billionaires, the ADR said.  

The state with the highest average assets per MP is Telangana (24 MPs) with average assets of `262.26 crore, followed by Andhra Pradesh (36 MPs) with average assets of `150.76 crore and Punjab (20 MPs) with average assets of `88.94 crores.

The state with the lowest average assets of MPs is Lakshadweep (1 MP) with average assets of `9.38 lakh, followed by Tripura (3 MPs) with average assets of `1.09 crores and Manipur (3 MPs) with average assets of ` 1.12 crore.

Among the major parties, the average assets per MP for 385 BJP MPs analysed is `18.31 crore, 81 Congress MPs have average assets of `39.12 crore, 36 TMC MPs have average assets worth `8.72 crore, 31 YSRCP MPs have average assets worth `153.76 crore, 16 TRS MPs have average assets worth `383.51 crores, 8 NCP MPs have average assets worth `30.11 crore and 11 AAP MPs have average assets of `119.84 crore.  Among the 53 billionaire MPs, 7 (29 per cent) out of the 24 Telangana MPs, nine (25 per cent) out of 36 MPs from Andhra Pradesh, two (20 per cent) out of 10 MPs from Delhi, 4 (20 per cent) out of 20 MPs from Punjab, 1 (13 per cent) out of 8 MPs from Uttarakhand, 6(9 per cent) out of 65 MPs from Maharashtra and 3(8 per cent) out of 39 MPs from Karnataka have declared assets worth more than `100 crore.

About 14 (4 per cent) out of 385 MPs from BJP, 6 (7 per cent) out of 81 MPs from Congress, 7 (44 per cent) out of 16 MPs from TRS, 7(23 per cent) out of 31 MPs from YSRCP, 3 (27 per cent) out of 11 MPs from AAP, 2 (100 per cent) out of 2 MPs from SAD and 1(3 per cent) out of 36 MPs from AITC have declared assets worth more than `100 crore.  The total assets of 763 sitting MPs are worth `29,251 crore.

The total worth of assets of 385 BJP MPs analysed is `7,051 crore, for 16 TRS MPs analysed is `6,136 crore, for 31 YSRCP MPs analysed is `4,766 crore, for 81 Congress MPs analysed is `3,169 crore and 11 AAP MPs have total assets worth `1,318 crore.