The number of MPs from Uttar Pradesh with criminal records has gone up this time as 44 out of the 80 MPs have criminal records while 77 of them are crorepattis.
The ADR and UP Election Watch said that the number of criminals and crorepatis had gone up in this election as compared to 2014 polls. “This time, 44 candidates are facing criminal harges while this number was 28 in 2014. Similarly, a total of 77 candidates or 98 per cent crorepatis won the elections this time while 68 out of the 80 MPs from UP were crorepatis last time,” said an ADR representative.
The ADR and UP Election Watch studied the affidavits of winning candidates of 79 of the total 80 seats in the state.
UP Election Watch head Sanjay Singh said that 37 candidates admitted that cases against them were of heinous nature while in 2014, that number was 22.
In this category, SP MP from Rampur Mohammad Azam Khan tops the list, followed by BSP’s Atul Kumar Singh who won from Ghosi seat on a BSP ticket, and in the third slot is BJP MP from Unnao Sakshi Maharaj.
Among crorepatis, BJP MP from Mathura and Bollywood actor Hema Malani tops the list with assets worth Rs 250 crore. On the second spot is BSP MP Muluk Nagar from Bijnore and third is BJP’s Anurag Sharma from Jhansi. Nagar disclosed assets worth Rs 249 crore and Sharma Rs 149 crore, respectively.
The average assets of the winning candidates from UP this time are Rs 18.5 crore.
In terms of education, 16 winning candidates or 20 per cent are Class 8 or Class 12 pass while 61 winners or 77 per cent are graduates. One winner admitted that he was illiterate.