Richest Delhi assembly: 74% MLAs millionaires, avg assets at Rs 14.29 cr

A few-fourth of the new Delhi MLAs are millionaires, 1-third have not analyzed over and above senior secondary and extra than half have criminal cases in opposition to them, according to the Affiliation of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

In accordance to ADR, 45 Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) legislators of the 62, and 7 of the 8 Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) MLAs experienced declared extra than Rs one crore assets though filing their nomination papers.

There ended up 44 millionaire MLAs in 2015.

The common of assets per MLA in the new Delhi Assembly is Rs 14.29 crore, which is extra than double the common of Rs 6.29 crore in 2015.

Of the AAP legislators, the common assets per MLA is Rs 14.96 crore and in case of the BJP it can be Rs nine.10 crore.

The richest AAP legislators as per their election affidavit are Dharampal Lakra (Mundka), adopted by Promila Tokas (R.K. Puram) and Raaj Kumar Anand (Patel Nagar).

Rakhi Birla (Mangolpuri) is the poorest AAP legislator with Rs 76,000 assets, adopted by Sanjeev Jha (Burari) at Rs 10 lakh and Som Dutt (Sadar Bazar) at Rs 11 lakh.

There has been a sharp jump in the amount of MLAs with registered criminal cases. In 2020, forty three MLAs declared criminal cases in opposition to them though in 2015, 24 MLAs experienced criminal cases.

The amount of MLAs with really serious criminal cases, which integrated rape, attempt to murder and crimes in opposition to ladies, is 37.

In phrases of schooling, 23 MLAs are amongst 8th pass and 12th pass, 42 graduates and higher than, and five diploma holders.

When 39 MLAs are aged amongst twenty five decades and fifty decades, 31 are in the 51-80 decades age team.

Of the 70 MLAs, 8 are ladies in opposition to 6 in 2015.

The Delhi Election Enjoy and the ADR analysed the affidavits of all 70 recently elected MLAs.

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