Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) workers
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As Jharkhand gears up for the second phase of assembly elections, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has come out with a report detailing the criminal, financial and other background details of 74 out of 81 sitting MLAs.
Out of the 74 sitting MLAs, 36 or 49 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves and 26 MLAs or 35 per cent have declared serious criminal cases. 2 sitting MLAs have declared cases related to murder.
MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder
6 sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder. Two sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. 21 sitting MLAs has declared charges related to rape.
13 or 50 per cent out of 26 MLAs from BJP have criminal charges against them while JMM has 12 candidates in this category. The Indian National Congress has 8 candidates who have criminal cases against them while AJSU has 1.
Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases:
Out of 26, BJP's 9 candidates (35 per cent) have serious criminal cases against them while 7 candidates (28 per cent) from JMM have serious criminal cases.
8 (50 per cent) out of 16 MLAs from INC have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Financial background
Out of 74 sitting MLAs that were analysed , 50 i.e. 68 per cent MLAs are crorepatis.
Party wise crorepati MLAs:
The BJP has 19 crorepati candidate which accounts for 73 per cent. On the other hand, JMM has 17 crorepati candidates in the fray, accounting for 68 per cent. The INC has nine crorepati candidates while AJSU Party has three.
Crorepati candidates
Congress' Rameshwar Oraon is the richest candidate in the fray contesting from Lohardaga. He owns assets worth over Rs 28 crore followed by Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta from BJP who owns assets over Rs 27 crore. JMM's Kalpana Murmu Soren wife of Hemant Soren owns assets over Rs 25 Crore.
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