12-08-2006, 12:22 PM
<b>Criminal cases against 10 ministers </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi: As many as 10 ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ministry and 93 Lok Sabha MPs face criminal charges ranging from murder to rape besides extortion and even attempt to commit suicide.
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Among the central ministers, <b>Mohammed Ali Ashraf, a minister of state in the human resources development ministry, faces serious charges ranging from extortion and links with the underworld and kidnapping gangs.</b>
<b>Textiles Minister Shankersinh Vaghela faces two corruption cases.</b>
The other ministers still battling out their cases in courts include:
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad
Minister of State for Agriculture Taslimuddin
Minister of State for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhry (obstructing a public servant)
Minister of State in Food and Public Distribution Suryakanta Patil
Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken
Minister of State for Water Resources Jai Prakash Yadav (cheating and criminal conspiracy)
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar (religion institution act)
Minister for Company Affairs Prem Chand Gupta (foreign exchange violations)
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"How can we allow tainted politicians like Arun Gawli, Pappu Yadav and Sadhu Yadav, who have a history of winning ballots with bullets, now rule the people?" Mohapatra asked.
<b>Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh comprise 28 per cent of all MPs but account for over 50 per cent of MPs with high penalty criminal cases. </b>
"A larger proportion of the <b>less educated MPs have criminal cases against them (compared to) colleagues with higher education. </b>Whether there is any causal connection between education, assets and criminality is not clear. <b>Criminal cases are also found to be more among MPs in the age group 36-45,"</b> the study says.
In addition, it found that there are no criminal cases registered against 83 per cent of Congress and 80 percent of BJP MPs.
The <b>Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)</b> leads in the proportion of criminal cases <b>(43.5 per cent</b>).
In respect of criminal cases with severe penalties (five or more years' imprisonment), <b>RJD tops the list with 34.8 per cent of MPs, BSP with 27.8 per cent and Samajwadi Party with 19.4 per cent</b>.
The Congress MPs in this category account for 7.6 per cent of their total number in Parliament. For BJP it is 10.9 per cent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Among the central ministers, <b>Mohammed Ali Ashraf, a minister of state in the human resources development ministry, faces serious charges ranging from extortion and links with the underworld and kidnapping gangs.</b>
<b>Textiles Minister Shankersinh Vaghela faces two corruption cases.</b>
The other ministers still battling out their cases in courts include:
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad
Minister of State for Agriculture Taslimuddin
Minister of State for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhry (obstructing a public servant)
Minister of State in Food and Public Distribution Suryakanta Patil
Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken
Minister of State for Water Resources Jai Prakash Yadav (cheating and criminal conspiracy)
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar (religion institution act)
Minister for Company Affairs Prem Chand Gupta (foreign exchange violations)
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"How can we allow tainted politicians like Arun Gawli, Pappu Yadav and Sadhu Yadav, who have a history of winning ballots with bullets, now rule the people?" Mohapatra asked.
<b>Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh comprise 28 per cent of all MPs but account for over 50 per cent of MPs with high penalty criminal cases. </b>
"A larger proportion of the <b>less educated MPs have criminal cases against them (compared to) colleagues with higher education. </b>Whether there is any causal connection between education, assets and criminality is not clear. <b>Criminal cases are also found to be more among MPs in the age group 36-45,"</b> the study says.
In addition, it found that there are no criminal cases registered against 83 per cent of Congress and 80 percent of BJP MPs.
The <b>Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)</b> leads in the proportion of criminal cases <b>(43.5 per cent</b>).
In respect of criminal cases with severe penalties (five or more years' imprisonment), <b>RJD tops the list with 34.8 per cent of MPs, BSP with 27.8 per cent and Samajwadi Party with 19.4 per cent</b>.
The Congress MPs in this category account for 7.6 per cent of their total number in Parliament. For BJP it is 10.9 per cent.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->