The National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have analysed the affidavits of 165 MPs who were elected again in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
According to affidavits analysed, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatrughan Sinha has declared a maximum increase in assets of Rs 116.73 crore -- from Rs 15 crore in 2009 to Rs 131.74 crore in 2014.
The average assets of members of Parliament elected in 2009 was Rs 5.38 crore, and in 2014 the same re-elected MPs have an assets average of Rs 12.78 crore. The average assets of these re-elected MPs in 2009 were at Rs 5.38 crore, and in 2014, the figure is at Rs 12.78 crore.
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The average asset growth for these MPs, between the Lok Sabha Elections of 2009 and 2014 is Rs 7.40 crore
Assets of Pinaki Mishra of the Biju Janata Dal have increased by Rs 107.40 crore -- from Rs 29.69 crore in 2009 to Rs 137.09 crore in 2014. Assets of Supriya Sule of the Nationalist Congress Party, have risen by Rs 62.37 crore, from Rs 51.53 crore in 2009 to Rs 113.90 crore in 2014.
Criminal cases:
Seventy-one re-elected MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves in 2014. Out of these, 13 (18 per cent) have shown an increase in the number of self-declared criminal cases in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the previous elections.
Out of 71 re-elected MPs who have declared criminal cases against themselves, 21 (30 per cent) have declared criminal cases in 2014 when they had declared no criminal cases in 2009.
Ramshankar Katheria of the BJP has declared the highest increase in criminal cases -- from zero self-declared criminal cases in 2009 -- to 21 self-declared criminal cases in 2014.
Raju Shetty of the Swabhimani Paksha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress have both shown an increase in criminal cases. Shetty had declared zero criminal cases in 2009 and has declared 12 criminal cases in 2014, while Chowdhury had declared four criminal cases in 2009 and has declared 16 criminal cases in 2014.
Out of 71 re-elected MPs who have declared criminal cases, 18 have shown a decrease in criminal cases in 2014 from the previous elections.?
