New Delhi: Sixty-seven per cent Congress candidates contesting the phase 2 of the Jharkhand Assembly polls slated for December 7, have criminal cases against them, according to data compiled and analyzed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The data revealed that 26 per cent of the total candidates in the fray have criminal cases against […]
New Delhi: A report published ahead of the Haryana assembly elections says that former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress and party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala have not posed a single question in the outgoing assembly in the last five years. As per an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, the list of Congress […]
New Delhi: Over 80 per cent of sitting MLAs (Members of Legislative Assembly) in Haryana are crorepatis, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR report also said that 75 out of the 90 sitting MLAs in Haryana possess assets worth more than one crore rupees. According tp the ADR […]
New Delhi: The average wealth of an MLA in India has swollen more than ten times from USD 1.3 million in the year 2015 to a massive Rs 13.6 million in 2018, founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Prof Jagdeep Chhokar said in New Delhi on Wednesday. Professor Chhokar said that for an Indian […]
New Delhi: The upper house or the Rajya Sabha (RS) members of Parliament are often called ‘unelected’. Many a time allegations are levelled against political parties that such seats are “sold”. Now the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a National Election Watchdog has reviewed financial interests of 213 sitting Rajya Sabha members to sense why […]
New Delhi (3 MIN READ): The total assets of the BJP in 2017-18 registered a rise of 22 per cent compared to previous financial year’s asset declaration of Rs 1,213 crore to Rs 1,483.35 crore, election watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has said. An ADR report said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was among the […]
Bhubaneswar: About 46 per cent of the newly elected legislators in Odisha face criminal cases, said a report on Monday. As many as 67 of the 146 members of the Odisha Assembly have declared criminal cases in their affidavits, said the report prepared by Odisha Election Watch (OEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). While […]
New Delhi: As many as 159 candidates elected to the Lok Sabha this time have declared “serious” criminal cases against themselves, while 233 have shown criminal cases in their affidavits, according to an analysis by the National Election Watch (NEW) and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Moreover, 10 winning candidates have been convicted, the […]
New Delhi: None of the winners of the just concluded Sikkim Assembly elections have any serious criminal cases against them, as per their sworn affidavits. “It’s the first time since 2009 that the Sikkim Assembly will have members with no criminal background making laws for the people,” said the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report […]
New Delhi: At least 17 regional parties defaulted on the submission of their donations report to the Election Commission during 2017-18, according to the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). “Out of 48 regional parties analysed, only 15 had submitted their donations report to the EC in the stipulated time period. 16 other regional parties have […]
