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100 Out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs
have links to crime
exactly 100 out of 543 Members of the Lok Sabha have
links wid crime. In other words, it means that almost
every fifth member of the Lok Sabha has had, or will
have, a brush with the law, with cases pending against
them.
The following information about our legislators in 2000
is an eye opener: Twenty-nine had been accused of
spousal abuse, 19 had been accused of passing bad
cheques, 117 had bankrupted on at least two businesses,
three had been arrested for assault, 71 could not get
loans dues to bad credit histories, 114 had been
arrested on drug related charges, eight had been
arrested for shop-lifting, 21 are current defendants on
various lawsuits, 84 were stopped for drunk driving in
1998 alone.At least 100 MPs faced criminal charges
ranging from minor misdemeanours like disturbing peace,
rioting murder, rape and dacoity.In the last elections
to the 13th Lok Sabha and State assemblies, as many as
700 legislators including 40 MPs with criminal
background won.In the 1996 elections, 1,500 out of
13,950 candidates had criminal cases against them. In
2002, as many as 15 MPs and 635 MLAs had cases pending
against them. It may appear outrageous that 21 major
national and regional political parties of dissimilar
and separate ideologies and bitter foes of each other,
joined hands to reject the Election Commission's
directive in pursuance of the Supreme Court order
seeking information on a candidate's possible
involvement in any criminal case. They went a step
further and passed a law, which was declared void by the
Supreme Court.
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