Of the 221 newly-elected Karnataka MLAs, 77 MLAs have declared criminal cases against them, while 215 are crorepatis, says a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

"Out of the 221 MLAs analysed, 77 (35%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 218 MLAs analysed during Karnataka Assembly elections in 2013, 74 (34%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves," the report by ADR said.

The ADR have analysed the affidavits of 221 newly-elected MLAs in the 2018 Karnataka assembly elections.

Among MLAs with serious criminal cases, 54 (24%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping etc.

Out of 218 MLAs analysed during Karnataka Assembly elections in 2013, 39 (17%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Among party wise MLAs with criminal cases, 42 (41%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 23 (30%) out of 78 MLAs from Congress and 11 (30%) out of 37 MLAs from JD(S) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Besides, 29(28%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 17 (22%) out of 78 MLAs from Congress and 8 (22%) out of 37 MLAs from JD(S) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

"Out of the 221 newly elected MLAs, 215 (97%) are crorepatis. Out of 218 MLAs analysed during Karnataka 2013 assembly elections, 203 (93%) MLAs were crorepatis," the report said.

Among partywise crorepati MLAs, 101 MLAs from BJP, 77 from Congress, 35 from JD(S), one from Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party and one independent have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

The average assets per MLA for 103 MLAs analysed is Rs 17 crore, 78 Congress MLAs (Rs 60 crore), 37 JD(S) MLAs (23 crore), one Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party MLA (265 crore) and one BSP MLA (75 lakh).

The top three MLAs with high assets are N Nagaraju of Congress with total assets of over Rs 1,015 crore, followed by DK Shivakumar from Congress (Rs 840 crore) and Suresh BS from Congress (Rs 416 crore).

Three MLAs in Karnataka with lowest assets are SA Ramadas from BJP (Rs 39 lakh), A S Ravindra from JD(S) (Rs 68 lakh) and N Mahesh from BSP (Rs 75 lakh).

The report said that 27 out of 221 MLAs have not declared their sources of income.

On their education details, the report said that 80 MLAs have declared their qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 133 have declared having a qualification of graduate or above.

First Published:May 16, 2018 7:22 PM IST