Out of the 90 newly elected MlAs of Chhattisgarh, 67 are crorepatis (millionaires), 36 are educated up to 12th class or less and criminal cases have been registered against 15. Chhattisgarh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have given this information, after analysis of the affidavits submitted by the victorious candidates.
In a Press meet held here on Saturday, the office bearers of both the institutions have said that they had appealed to the Chief Minister Raman Singh not to include people of corrupt and criminal background in the Ministry. They said that out of the 90 newly elected MlAs, 67 have mentioned in their affidavit that they are millionaires. It is 74 per cent of the total MlAs, whereas, in 2008, the percentage of millionaire MlAs was 33.
The office bearers said that on the 49 elected MlAs of BJP, 35 are millionaires and criminal cases have been registered against six. However, 30 of the 39 Congress MlAs are millionaires and criminal cases have been registered against nine. The lone MlA of the BSP is a millionaire. Similarly, the only Independent MlA is also
a crorepati. They said that the most wealthy MlAs among the total elected members are — TS Singhdeo, Mohanlal Markam, Gurmukh Singh Hora, Gaurishankar Agrawal, Motilal Devangan, Bhupesh Baghel, Ajay Chandrakar, Srichand Sundarani, Vimal Chopda and Jaisingh Agrawal. The office bearers said that the 10 MlAs who are the most debtors are — Ajay Chandrakar, Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Srichand Sundarani, Bhupesh Baghel, Rajesh Munat, Rajendra Kumar Rai, Vimal Chopra, Brijmohan Agrawal, Roshanlal Agrawal and lakheshwar Baghel.
The 10 MlAs who have not declared the details of their PAN are — Rajkumari, Choudhari, Champadevi Pavle, Shankarlal Dhruv, lakheshwar Sahu, Rohit, Kumar Sai, Rajsharan Bhagat, Tejkunwar Netam, Sarojini Banjare, Kerabai Manhar and Shivshankar Paikra,The office-bearers of Election Watch said that of the 15 MlAs who have declared the criminal cases against them, six are from the BJP and nine from the Congress.
They said that 53 MlAs are graduates and 12 have passed 12th standard. Among the MlAs who are educated 8th and less are — Devti Karma, Kawasi lakhma, Brihaspat Singh, Gurumukh Singh Hora, lakhanlal Devangan, Dayaldas Baghel, Bholaram Sahu, Srichand Sundarani and Tejkunwar Netam.
They said that out of the 49 BJP MlAs, 17 are postgraduates, 4 professional graduates, six graduates, 9 are 12th pass, 10 are 10th pass, 2 are 8th pass and one 5th pass. Of the 39 Congress MlAs, 13 are postgraduates, 4 professional graduates, 7 graduates, 6 are 12th pass, 2 are 10th pass, 2 are 8th pass, 2 are 5th pass and 2 illiterates. The lone Independent candidate is a professional graduate and the BSP MlA is postgraduate. Seventeen MlAs have declared their age more than 40 years, whereas, 27 are between 41 and 50 years and 13 are of 60 years. Criminal cases are registered against 3 of the 22 re-elected MlAs. The average asset of 22 MlAs is Rs 3.16 crore. However, their average asset in 2008 was Rs 1.27 crore.