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When crime s many as 54 per cent of MLAs newly elected to the

Jharkhand Assembly in recently concluded elec-
rules: 54% nal cases of serious nature?
tions in December 2019 have criminal cases pend-
ing against them. The moot question is can we trust
A legislators who themselves are involved in crimi-
MLAs aren’t es are pending is 44. And mind it, this information comes from
The exact number of legislators against whom criminal cas-
the affidavits filed by these 81 MLAs and information analyzed
during Jharkhand Assembly Elections. In comparison during
so clean in 2014 elections to State Assembly, 68 per cent MLAs had crimi-
nal cases pending against them.
Sudhir Pal, State Coordinator, Jharkhand Election Watch, As-
sociation for Democratic Reforms told that out of 44 legislators
Jharkhand against whom criminal cases were registered, at least 34 or 42
per cent were those who have serious criminal cases pending
against them. These cases relate to relate to rape, murder, at-
tempt to murder, kidnapping and crimes against women.
Ironically, two MLAs had been declared convicted while two
Can we trust Jharkhand’s elected MLAs who MLAs had declared cases related to murder against them under
have criminal cases against them? wonders IPC 302 while two had declared cases of attempt to murder un-
der Section 307 of IPC.
charanjit ahuja There are five MLAs against whom cases related to crimes

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