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*Dear friends,* * * *Please find attached the complete analysis of Rajya Sabha MPs based on their financial and criminal background. This is the first time that an analysis like this is available on Rajya Sabha members as their affidavits and the asset declarations had to be collected from multiple sources. * * * *Here are the main points:*** *- **Self sworn affidavits giving details of criminal cases collected for 219 current Rajya Sabha MPs from different state assembly secretariats submitted at time of their election to **Rajya Sabha* - *37 MPs of current Rajya Sabha (out of 219, i.e. 17%) declared criminal cases pending against them **according to self sworn affidavits filed at time of their election to Rajya Sabha * - *Out of these 37 **current MPs of Rajya Sabha with pending criminal cases, 12 MPs (out of 219, i.e. 5%) declared serious criminal cases pending against them according to self sworn affidavits filed at time of their election to Rajya Sabha * *- **Annual asset and liability declarations collected for 183 **Rajya Sabha members from Rajya Sabha secretariat * *- **98 (out of 183, i.e. 54%) MPs in current Rajya Sabha are crorepatis* *- **Number of women MPs very low in Rajya Sabha (9%)* - *NEW members Mr. LC Jain (Former member of Planning Commission), Mr. IC Dwivedi ( Former DGP UP), Mr. N Gopalaswami (Former CEC) and others ask parties to act on growing influence of crime and money in politics* Please go through the detailed press note for full details. We also encourage you to follow us on twitter by going to http://twitter.com/adrspeaks Thanks and Regards, Anil --- Anil Bairwal 011 6590 1524; +91-99993-10100 National Coordinator Association for Democratic Reforms web: http://www.adrindia.org twitter: http://twitter.com/adrspeaks
