52 Odisha MLAs have criminal cases against them: ADR

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KalingaTV News Network

Bhubaneswar: As many as 52 MLAs of 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly have criminal charges while 41 legislators have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, said an analysis of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Civil society group ADR found that in the current Assembly, 80 per cent of the elected BJP lawmakers have faced criminal charges, while 56 per cent of elected Congress MLAs and 27 per cent of elected BJD legislators have faced criminal cases.

As many as 32 MLAs out of total 117 winning candidates of ruling BJD have faced criminal charges, while 9 out of 16 candidates of Opposition Congress and 8 out of 10 BJP MLAs have faced criminal cases.

In case of Lok Sabha, two MPs from BJD and the lone BJP MP from Odisha have declared criminal cases against themselves. On the other hand, two Rajya Sabha Members from the State, one each from BJD and Congress, have also declared criminal cases against themselves.

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