66% of outgoing Bihar MLAs facing criminal cases, finds ADR report
New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Nearly two-third of all legislators in the outgoing Bihar assembly have declared criminal cases against them, with close to half of all MLAs across various political parties facing serious charges, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a nonprofit organisation, released on Monday.
The report - which is based on the analysis of poll affidavits filed by 241 of the total 243 MLAs (details of the two MLAs were not analysed in the report due to unavailability of their complete affidavits) - said that 158 (66%) sitting legislators in the state assembly have declared criminal cases, of which 119 (49%) are facing serious criminal charges, including murder (16 MLAs), attempt to murder (30 MLAs) ...
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