Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has declared the highest figure of assets – Rs 143.26 crore – making him the richest among the nine Members of Legislative Council elected unopposed last week, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) released here on Wednesday. Out of the 9 MLCs elected, 8 figure […]
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Parties collect Rs 11,234 crore from unknown sources
New Delhi: Political parties have collected Rs 11,234 crore from unknown sources in the last 15 years, according to election watchdog, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). An analysis of their Income Tax Returns (ITR) and donations statements filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) showed that the sources remained largely unknown. At present, political […]
74% Delhi MLAs millionaires, three-fifth face criminal cases
New Delhi: Three-fourth of the new Delhi MLAs are millionaires, one-third have not studied beyond senior secondary and more than half have criminal cases against them, according to the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). According to ADR, 45 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators of the 62, and seven of the eight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
‘Deshbhakti’ curriculum to build true patriots: AAP
New Delhi: It was on the eve of the Independence Day in 2019 when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had first announced that his government would launch a new “Deshbhakti” (patriotism) curriculum from next year to develop a feeling of nationalism among the students. Months later, as the party released its manifesto on Tuesday, the […]
Only 44% candidates in Delhi are graduate: ADR
New Delhi: Out of the 672 candidates, who are fighting the Assembly elections in Delhi, only 298 (44 per cent) are graduates or above and 16 are illiterate, said a report of the Delhi Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The report, which was released on Saturday, said 340 (51 per cent) candidates […]
36 of 70 AAP candidates have declared serious criminal cases: ADR
New Delhi: A total of 104 candidates in the Delhi Assembly elections have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, up from 74 in 2015 polls, with highest from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party which has 36 nominees with serious charges, according to election watchdog ADR. The report by the Delhi Election Watch and Association for […]
BJP’s Rs 2,410 crore income is 2/3rd of 6 national parties
N0ew Delhi: The ruling BJP has shown the highest income amongst the political parties at Rs 2,410.08 crore during financial year 2018-19, which forms 65.16 per cent of the total income of six national parties put together. According to analysis of income and expenditure of national political parties for FY 2018-19 by Association for Democratic Reforms […]
Jharkhand polls: Congress has 67% candidates with criminal cases in phase 2
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 […]
Hooda among 4 MLAs who didn’t ask questions in Haryana assembly
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 […]
83% sitting Haryana MLAs are crorepatis: ADR report
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 […]