31% ministers in PM Modi govt have declared criminal cases against them, Narendra Modi cabinet, criminal case,Association for Democratic Reforms
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31% ministers in PM Modi govt have declared criminal cases against them,Narendra Modi cabinet, criminal case,Association for Democratic Reforms
Twenty-four of the 78 Union ministers (or 31%) of the Narendra Modi cabinet have criminal cases registered against them, shows a scrutiny of their affidavits by an election watchdog.
A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) & National Election Watch (NEW) further shows that 14 of these ministers, that is 18%, have declared serious criminal cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and crimes against women against them.
ADR has studied the affidavits filed by these ministers at the time of contesting polls to declare cases registered against them and disclose their assets and liabilities.
Ministers with criminal cases are not limited to the Centre alone; even in state assemblies across the country, poll watchers found 201 of the 609 (out of the total 620) ministers with criminal cases.
There are seven ministers from various state assemblies who have declared cases related to murder and six related to communal violence, the report says.
Ministers accused of murder include Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United), Bahujan Samaj Party’s Ram Karan Arya from Uttar Pradesh, Chaudhary Shankarbhai Lagdhirbhai of BJP from Banaskantha in Gujarat, who has three charges related to attempt to murder, Mahesh Kumar Gagda, BJP, Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, Gulab Chand Kataria and Rajendra Rathore of the BJP from Rajasthan, Ram Vichar Rai of the RJD.