Four sitting MPs and 29 MLAs facing corruption charges

Friday, 25/01/2013

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Ludhiana : Though former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala have been convicted and sentenced by the court, there are four Members of Parliament and 29 MLAs of various legislative assemblies of the country facing corruption cases under Prevention of Corruption Act. A total of 98 candidates with corruption cases under Prevention of Corruption Act have been given tickets by various political parties during elections in last 5 years (including Lok Sabha 2009 and all the state assembly elections since 2008).

Out of 4,835 sitting MPs and MLAs, 1,448 members (31 per cent) had declared criminal cases against them. Out of these 1,448 members who have declared criminal cases, 641 have declared serious criminal cases like rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion etc registered against them.

Of the major political parties who have given tickets (in Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections in last 5 years) to candidates facing cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, INC has given tickets to 24 such candidates, BSP to 9 such candidates, AIADMK to 7 such candidates, SAD to 6 such candidates, DMK to 5 such candidates, BJP to 5 such candidates, INLD to 4 and RJD also to 4 such candidates.

Out of these 98 candidates, 36 candidates won the elections. These include four sitting MPs in Lok Sabha 2009, three sitting MPs in the current Rajya Sabha and 29 MLAs in various state assemblies.

Of 15 candidates, who had declared cases under Prevention of Corruption Act, four winning MPs are Jagdis Sharma of JDU from Jahanabad constituency, Rajaiah Siricilla of INC from Warangal constituency, Dr Rattan Sign Ajnala of SAD from Khadoor Sahib constituency and Lalu Prasad Yadav of RJD from Saran constituency.

In the current Rajya Sabha, three MPs have declared Prevention of Corruption cases against them. These are TM Selvaganapathi of DMK, Faggan Singh Kulaste of BJP and Rashid Masood of INC.

As far as Punjab is concerned, Khemkaran MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha of SAD, Tota Singh from Dharamkot of SAD, Amrik Singh from Samrala of SAD, Jagjit Singh from Kartarpur of Indian National Congress (INC), Nirmal Singh Kahlon of SAD (Fatehgarh Choorian), Mangat Rai Bansal (INC) from Maur, Succha Singh Langah (SAD) from Dera Baba Nanak, Tajinderpal Singh Sandu (SAD) from Sanour are among those who are facing cases under corruption charges.

From Haryana, Sher Singh of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) from Ladwa, Kartar Singh from Badkhal of BSP, Sant Lal of IND from Bhwani Kherha are also facing the charges of corruption..