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This is an excerpt from `Khaki Files` (published in Ebury Press and Blue Salt by Penguin Random House India,
As many as 134 sitting MPs/MLAs, out of 762 sitting MPs and 4001 sitting MLAs whose sworn affidavits were analysed by The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW),
* Out of the 755 sitting MPs and 3,938 sitting MLAs whose election affidavits were analysed, 151 have declared cases related to crimes against women. * Among these 151 MPs/MLAs, 16 a
