A report reveals 60% of Tamil Nadu’s MLAs have criminal cases, with 55 facing serious charges, while total declared assets reach ₹2729.87 crore.
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Tamil Nadu: A report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms on Friday has revealed that nearly 60% of sitting MLAs in Tamil Nadu have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
60% of sitting MLAs in Tamil Nadu have declared criminal cases against themselves, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) released on Friday said.
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The report analysed criminal, financial and demographic backgrounds of 218 sitting MLAs out of the 234-member state assembly, based on affidavits submitted prior to the assembly elections in 2021 and subsequent by-elections.
According to the report, out of those analysed, 131 sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases, with 55 out of these having declared serious criminal cases against themselves, including 2 MLAs declaring murder cases (IPC section 302), 13 having declared attempt to murder cases (IPC section 307) and 3 having declared crimes against women, out of which 1 MLA declared a rape case (IPC section 376).
A party-wise analysis revealed that 96 out 126 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLAs, 13 out of 60 MLAs from All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), 11 out of 15 Congress MLAs, 2 out of 4 BJP MLAs, 2 out 4 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) MLAs , 2 out of 3 Pattali Makkal Katchi MLAs, and both MLAs fielded from PMK’s S Ramadoss faction and Communist Party of India (CPI) have declared criminal cases against themselves.
