Rajya Sabha's crorepatis' club expands

And six candidates elected recently had serious criminal cases pending on them

GN Bureau | June 21, 2010




The UB’s group chairman Vijay Mallya is the richest person with Rs 615 crore net worth to enter the Rajya Sabha in the recently concluded elections for 55 seats. He also admitted to having criminal cases against him. “Dr Vijay Mallya (IND from Karnataka) has declared cases related to FERA act and cheating and dishonesty pending against him,” said the survey conducted by Association for Democratic Reforms, an election watchdog association.

Some observations of the politicians in their net worth were quite interesting:

•    78 percent of the 55 candidates elected to the Upper House have assests of Rs 25 crore on average. Ram Vilas Paswan – Rs. 2 crore, Anand Sharma of Congress, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, BJP – Rs 4 crore, Venkiah Naidu, BJP – Rs 8 crore, Chandan Mitra (BJP), owner of the Pioneer daily newspaper – 9.41 crore, Satish Chandra Mishra (BSP) – Rs 24 crore, Kanwar Deep Singh (JMM) – Rs. 83 crore.

•    Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh turned out to be poor in term of wealth among the recent elected member. His wealth is modest Rs 62 lakh.
According to report “A total of 15 (i.e.28 percent) candidates declared in their affidavits that they have pending criminal cases against them, said the report. Out of these 15 candidates with pending criminal cases, 6 candidates declared serious criminal cases pending on them – including that of attempt to murder, wrongful confinement & related to cheating and forgery. All the candidates with pending criminal cases have won the elections.

The report added that most parties nominated candidates with pending criminal cases. INC nominated 3 candidates with pending criminal cases out of 16 candidates. BJP nominated 2 out of 11 such candidates, BSP nominated 1 out of 7 such candidates. NCP nominated 2 out of 2 such candidates. 

Read the report

 

Comments

 

Other News

Gandhian movement after Gandhi failed: Ram Guha

The Gandhian movement in India, after Gandhi’s death, failed, says Ramachandra Guha, and blames Vinoba Bhave for it. But the movement found new, fertile grounds around the world and succeeded in bringing about a change in South Africa, the US and elsewhere. It is high time it returned home. Of cour

When religion, politics and Bollywood come together

Tavleen Singh, noted journalist and political commentator, has turned to fiction, with her debut novel ‘The Actor’ (HaperCollins India). Set in the near future, it has a superstar, Amit Singh, turning to politics, when the political landscape is dominated by prime minister Guru Gaynendraj

Cabinet approves setting up of Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority

The union cabinet, chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), called Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), to strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment within the broad domains of Transp

Why foundational literacy and numeracy is key to school education

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) are often described as the building blocks of education. Yet, their significance goes well beyond a child’s ability to read a sentence, write a response or solve a basic mathematical problem. These foundational skills shape how children understand the world,

When police data becomes the algorithm

For decades, policing has followed a familiar sequence: a crime occurs, the police respond, an investigation produces records and those records become part of the institutional memory of the criminal justice system. Artificial intelligence is beginning to alter that sequence. Instead of merely recording

Before India voted, the framers worried about the referee

“We are making a Constitution forever and not only for today.” Shibban Lal Saksena said this in the Constituent Assembly on June 15, 1949. He was warning that a ruling party might one day choose a loyalist to run India’s elections. Seventy-seven years later, the Supreme Court is wrestli

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter