WBEW Report Finding Criminals, School Dropouts will rule newly constituted West Bengal Assembly 22 Facts about newly constituted WB assembly

WBEW Report Finding Criminals, School Dropouts will rule
newly constituted West Bengal Assembly 22 Facts about newly
constituted WB assembly

West Bengal Election Watch (WBEW), a civil society has come out with a detailed report on the newly constituted West Bengal Assembly legislators based on the affidavits filed by them with their nomination papers for the recently concluded assembly polls.

Following are 22 Facts of the newly constituted WB assembly
West Bengal Election Watch (WBEW), a civil society Report


1.
The report says that of the total 294 members of the legislative assembly (MLAs), 102 face criminal charges.

2.
At least 75 of them face serious charges like murder, kidnapping etc.

3.
The Trinamool Congress has the most number of legislators with criminal charges - 69.

4.
The Congress has 17 legislators with criminal charges

5.
the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has seven lawmakers with criminal charges

6.
The list of legislators facing criminal charges also includes nine cabinet ministers.

7.
The report states that as many as 47 lawmakers are 'crorepatis'

8.
Swapan Kanti Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress being the richest. He has assets of over Rs.12 crore

9.
Trinamool has 37 Crorepatis

10.
Congress got 7 Crorepatis

11.
the CPI-M has no crorepati legislators

12.
97 lawmakers who have not filed their income tax returns

13.
47 did not file their PAN details

14.
19 MLAs are school dropouts

15.
31 MLAs have passed secondary examination

16.
51 MLAs have passed higher secondary examination

17.
75 MLAs are graduates

18.
45 MLAs are professional graduates

19.
71 MLAs are post graduates

20.
52 legislators have been re-elected

21.
1,263 candidates who contested the polls only 134 were women

22.
there are only 34 women legislators

Reality views by sm –
May 26, 2011

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