Bihar Elections, Oct. 13 -- At least 66 per cent, or two-thirds, of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the outgoing House in Bihar have declared criminal cases against themselves. Forty-nine per cent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases, an analysis by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on 13 October.

ADR and Bihar Election Watch have analysed the criminal, financial and other background details of 241 out of 243 sitting MLAs ahead of next month's assembly elections.

This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by candidates prior to the 2020 Assembly elections and the subsequent bypolls. Details of the 2 MLAs who have not been analysed due to the unavailability of their properly sca...