The Association for Democratic Reforms said 35% of the legislators - 252 of the 690 - had cases pending.
'Even if there is one parliamentarian with a criminal case, it is one too many. We will continue to
expose politicians with criminal antecedents,' said ADR convenor Bibhu Mohapatra.
'How can we allow tainted politicians like Arun Gawli, Pappu Yadav and Sadhu Yadav, who have a
history of winning ballots with bullets, now rule the people?' Mohapatra asked.
Another study by the Bangalore-based Public Affairs Centre (PAC) says many MPs from almost all
political parties are involved in crime
The ruling Congress party fared poorly in state elections that have just been held in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.
A total of 189 legislators - or 47% of the total - had criminal cases against them in the state, according to the affidavits filed by them, the report says.
There is a regional concentration in terms of criminal cases.
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh comprise 28 percent of all MPs but account for over 50 percent of MPs with high penalty criminal cases.
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A larger proportion of the less educated MPs have criminal cases against them (compared to) colleagues with higher education. Whether there is any causal connection between education, assets and criminality is not clear. Criminal cases are also found to be more among MPs in the age group 36-45," the study says.
In addition, it found that there are no criminal cases registered against 83 percent of Congress and 80 percent of BJP MPs.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leads in the proportion of criminal cases (43.5 percent).
North-eastern Manipur state is the only exception: not a single elected candidate there is facing criminal charges, the report says.
In 2007, 140 - or 34% - of the legislators had criminal records.
'Even if there is one parliamentarian with a criminal case, it is one too many. We will continue to
expose politicians with criminal antecedents,' said ADR convenor Bibhu Mohapatra.
'How can we allow tainted politicians like Arun Gawli, Pappu Yadav and Sadhu Yadav, who have a
history of winning ballots with bullets, now rule the people?' Mohapatra asked.
political parties are involved in crime
The ruling Congress party fared poorly in state elections that have just been held in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.
A total of 189 legislators - or 47% of the total - had criminal cases against them in the state, according to the affidavits filed by them, the report says.
There is a regional concentration in terms of criminal cases.
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh comprise 28 percent of all MPs but account for over 50 percent of MPs with high penalty criminal cases.
"
A larger proportion of the less educated MPs have criminal cases against them (compared to) colleagues with higher education. Whether there is any causal connection between education, assets and criminality is not clear. Criminal cases are also found to be more among MPs in the age group 36-45," the study says.
In addition, it found that there are no criminal cases registered against 83 percent of Congress and 80 percent of BJP MPs.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leads in the proportion of criminal cases (43.5 percent).
North-eastern Manipur state is the only exception: not a single elected candidate there is facing criminal charges, the report says.
In 2007, 140 - or 34% - of the legislators had criminal records.
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