89% of newly elected MLAs in Jharkhand are crorepatis: Report | India News – Times of India

RANCHI: Eighty-nine percent of the newly elected MLAs in Jharkhand are ‘crorepatis’, and among them, Congress’s Rameshwar Oraon is the richest with a total wealth worth Rs 42.20 crore, according to a report released on Monday. The Jharkhand Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analyzed the affidavits of 80 of the 81 winning candidates and found that 71 newly elected MLAs in 2024 are ‘crorepatis’, which is 20 percent higher than the number of elected legislators. in 2019.
Of the 81 MLAs elected five years ago, 56 were ‘crorepatis’, and in 2014 it was 41, according to the report.
Of the 71 ‘crorepati’ MLAs this year, 28 are from JMM, 20 from BJP, 14 from Congress, four from RJD, two from CPI(ML) Liberation and one each from LJP (Ram Vilas), JD(U) and AJSU Party.
The JMM won 34 seats in the assembly, and its allies Congress 16, RJD four and CPI(ML) Liberation in two constituencies. On the other hand, the BJP won 21 assembly segments, and its partners LJP (Ram Vilas), JD(U) and the AJSU party secured one each.
The average of assets per winning candidate in the 2024 Jharkhand elections is Rs 6.90 crore, and the same was Rs 3.87 crore in the 2019 elections.
Among the winning candidates, Congress Lohardaga MLA Rameshwar Oraon is the richest with a total wealth of Rs 42.20 crore, the report said.
BJP’s Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta, who secured the Panki constituency, is the second richest winning candidate with a total wealth of Rs 32.15 crore, while RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav, who bagged the Godda seat, is third on the list is with total assets of Rs 29.59. crore, said.
Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha’s (JLKM) Jairam Kumar Mahato, who emerged victorious from the Dumri seat, has the lowest assets worth around Rs 2.55 lakh.
As many as fourteen winning candidates have declared debts of Rs 1 crore and above, the report said.
A total of 42 MLAs have been re-elected and their average wealth growth is Rs 2.71 crore in the last five years, the report said.
Forty-three winning MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves, including 36 legislators facing serious criminal cases, the report said.
According to the report, 12 of the 34 winning MLA candidates of JMM and 13 of the 21 winning MLA candidates of BJP have stated in their affidavits that they are facing criminal cases against themselves.
Similarly, eight winning parliamentary candidates of Congress, four of RJD, two of CPI-ML Liberation and one each of AJSU party, LJP (RV), JD-U and JLKM are also facing criminal cases, the report said.
As many as 28 winning candidates have declared that their educational qualification is between class 8 and 12, while 50 are graduates or above, one winner has a diploma and another has declared that he can simply read and write.
The number of women candidates who won the state assembly elections increased from 10 to 12.