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35 pc of MLAs have criminal cases, 66 pc are 'crorepatis'
IBN Live | New Delhi, March 10:
More than one-third of candidates elected in the just concluded Assembly polls have criminal cases against them, with Uttar Pradesh topping the list.
35 per cent or 252 of the 690 MLAs elected to the five Assemblies -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhan, Manipur and Goa -- have criminal background, a rise of eight per cent since 2007.
Manipur is the only state, where not a single elected candidate who has declared any pending criminal cases against him or her.
However, the new Assembly witnessed a sharp rise among wealthy MLAs with 16 have declared assets worth more than Rs one crore. In 2007 Assembly there was only one MLA who was a crorepati.
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