MLAs in Bihar Assembly face criminal charges
About 110 members of Bihar Legislative Assembly have pending criminal cases against them, including for serious crimes such as murder, kidnapping and extortion, says a new survey.
According to a latest survey conducted by Association of
Democratic reforms and National Election Watch, an umbrella
body of about 1,000 NGOs across the country, a total of 109
MLAs in the 243-member Assembly have criminal cases pending
against them.
Out of these, 64 members have serious criminal charges pending against them, according to the data.
The analysis was done on the basis of affidavits submitted by a total of 919 candidates for contesting Bihar Assembly elections in 2005. Out of which, 358 had declared pending criminal cases against them and 213 had serious criminal cases pending against them.
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