Saturday, 24 March 2018

Rajya Sabha MPs who have not been analysed

24th March, 2018
Dear friends,
National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 229 out of 233 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs. 3 MPs have not been analysed as their affidavits were unavalible or badly scanned. One Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar is vacant.
S.No.
State
Name
Party
Issue
1
RAJASTHAN
K.J. ALPHONS
BJP
Affidavit not available
2
KERALA
K K RAGESH
CPM
Incomplete affidavit
3
JHARKHAND
Dhiraj Prasad Sahu
INC
Badly scanned affidavit
4
BIHAR
Seat is vacant
Table: Rajya Sabha MPs who have not been analysed

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

·         Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 229 Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 51(22%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
·         Rajya Sabha MPs with serious criminal cases:20(9%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared serious criminal cases.
·         Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to murder:  One Rajya Sabha MPs namely Dhoot Rajkumar Nandlal (SHS) fromMaharashtra has declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).
·         Rajya Sabha MPs with declared cases related to attempt to murder:  2 Rajya Sabha MPs namely Gopal Narayan Singh (BJP)from Bihar and V. Muraleedharan (BJP) from Maharashtra have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).
·         Party wise Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases:14(22%) out of 64 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP8 (16%) out of 50 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC3 (21%)  out of 14 Rajya Sabha MPs from SP, 4(31%)  out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AIADMK  and 1(8%) out of 13Rajya Sabha MPs from  AITC have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
·         Party wise Rajya Sabha MPs with serious criminal cases:  4(6%) out of 64 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP5 (10%) out of 50 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC1 (7%)  out of 14 Rajya Sabha MPs from SP, 1(11%)  out of 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJD  and 2(40%) out of 5 Rajya Sabha MPs from  RJD have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs with declared criminal cases
·         State Wise Rajya Sabha MPs with criminal cases: 8(42%) out of 19 Rajya Sabha MPs from Maharashtra7 (47%) out of 15 Rajya Sabha MPs from Bihar6 (19%) out of 31 Rajya Sabha MPs from Uttar Pradesh, 6(33%) out of 18 Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu and 3(27%) out of 11 Rajya Sabha MPs from Madhya Pradesh have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Figure: State wise percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs with declared criminal cases

FINANCIAL BACKGROUND

Figure: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs
·         Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs : The share of wealth amongst sitting Rajya Sabha MPs as follows:
Value of assets (Rs)
Number of Rajya Sabha MPs
Percentage of Rajya Sabha MPs
Rs.10 crores and above
84
37%
Rs.5 crores to Rs.10 crores
34
15%
Rs.1 crore to Rs.5 crores
83
36%
Rs.20 lakhs to Rs.1 crore
23
10%
less than Rs.20 lakhs
5
2%
Table: Share of wealth among Rajya Sabha MPs

·         Crorepati Rajya Sabha MPsOut of the 229 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 201 (88%) are crorepatis..

·         Partywise crorepati Rajya Sabha MPs: Among major parties, 58 (91%)out of 64 Rajya Sabha MPs from BJP,46 (92%) out of 50 Rajya Sabha MPs from INC13(93%) Rajya Sabha MPs from SP and 12(92%)out of 13 Rajya Sabha MPs from AIADMK have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepatis Rajya Sabha MPs
Figure: State Wise Percentage of Crorepatis Rajya Sabha MPs
·         Average assets:The average of assets per Rajya Sabha MP is Rs. 55.62 crores.

·         Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per MP for 64 BJP Rajya Sabha MPs analysed is Rs27.80 crores50 INC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs 40.98 crores , 14 SP Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets worth Rs. 92.68 crores and 13 AITC Rajya Sabha MPs have average assets of Rs. 12.22 crores.
·         High asset Rajya Sabha MPs*:The top three Rajya Sabha MPs with high assets are given below:
S.No.
Name
State
Party Name
Movable Assets (Rs)
Immovable Assets (Rs)
Total Assets (Rs)
PAN Given
1
BIHAR
JD(U)
40,43,48,19,318
34,92,41,000
40,78,40,60,318
4078 Crore+
Y
2
UTTAR PRADESH
SP
5,38,83,66,566
4,62,80,25,000
10,01,63,91,566
1001 Crore+
Y
3
BIHAR
BJP
7,94,16,49,173
62,95,00,000
8,57,11,49,173
857 Crore+
Y
 Table: Top three Rajya Sabha MPs with highest declared assets

·         Low asset Rajya Sabha MPs: 3 Rajya Sabha MPs  with lowest assets have their assets valued less than Rs 7 lakhs, and their details are as follows:
S.No.
Name
State/UT
Party Name
Movable Assets (Rs)
Immovable Assets (Rs)
Total Assets (Rs)
PAN Given
1
WEST BENGAL
AITC
1,40,205
2,64,662
4,04,867
4 Lacs+
Y
2
ORISSA
BJD
4,12,374
83,714
4,96,088
4 Lacs+
Y
3
NCT OF DELHI
AAP
6,60,513
0
6,60,513
6 Lacs+
Y
Table: Three Rajya Sabha MPs with lowest declared assets

·         Rajya Sabha MPs with high liabilities: 154(67%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared liabilities, and the details of the top 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with highest deaclared liabilities are as follows:
S.No.
Name
State/UT
Party Name
Total Assets(Rs)
Liabilities (Rs)
1
MAHARASHTRA
IND
4,25,65,86,815
425 Crore+
3,04,60,34,642
304 Crore+
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
INC
4,22,44,58,704
422 Crore+
1,73,58,97,037
173 Crore+
3
UTTAR PRADESH
SP
10,01,63,91,566
1001 Crore+
1,05,64,84,796
105 Crore+
 Table: Top three Rajya Sabha MPs with high liabilities

·         Rajya Sabha MPs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.
S.No.
Name
Party Name
State
Total Asset (Rs)
The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate
Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)
Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1
JD(U)
BIHAR
40,78,40,60,318  4078 Crore+
2016-2017
3,06,14,00,000  306 Crore+
3,03,50,00,000  303 Crore+
2
INC
WEST BENGAL
6,49,80,99,894  649 Crore+
2016-2017
1,31,56,86,280  131 Crore+
1,30,96,95,330  130 Crore+
3
SP
UTTAR PRADESH
10,01,63,91,566  1001 Crore+
2016-2017
78,76,67,570  78 Crore+
13,02,810  13 Lacs+
Table: Top 3 Rajya Sabha MPs with high income as declared in income tax returns
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents


·         Rajya Sabha MPs who have not declared Income Tax Details*:24 (10%) Rajya Sabha MPs out of 229 analyzed have not declared income tax details.
* Some Rajya Sabha MPs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

OTHER BACKGROUND DETAILS
·         Education Details of Rajya Sabha MPs:  27 (12%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass while 197 (86%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.
·         Age details of Rajya Sabha MPs:8 (3%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years while 115 (50%) Rajya Sabha MPs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years.There are 102(45%) Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years.  There are Rajya Sabha MPs who have declared their age to be above 80 years.

·         Gender details of Rajya Sabha MPs:Out of 229 Rajya Sabha MPs, 25 (11%) Rajya Sabha MPs are women.

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International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

PRESS INVITE: Press Conference to be addressed by International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons today at 11.30 AM at Press Club

krishna <gopalkrishna1715@gmail.com> to you & 2 other(s)
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:23:26

Press Conference  to be addressed by International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons today at 11.30 AM at Press Club 
PRESS INVITE 
Press Conference

to be addressed by Dr Tillman Ruff – Founding Chair of the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Dr Ira Helfand – member International Steering group of ICAN
Date24rd March, 2018
Place: Press Club of India New Delhi. 
Time11.30am 

We take pleasure in informing your good self that we are holding an international seminar on “TREATY PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES” on 24th and 25th march 2018 at Constitution Club, New Delhi. 

The treaty, passed by 122 votes in favour and only one against has been possible as a result of long drawn struggle by ICAN – the International campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. For this accomplishment the ICAN, has been awarded Nobel Peace prize for 2017.

But it is a matter of serious concern that the nine Nuclear weapons possessing countries including the USA, Russia, UK ,France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea did not participate in the treaty negotiations. The present seminar is a part of the strategy to hold such events in all nuclear weapons states followed by dialogue with decision makers and impress upon them to utilize this historic opportunity to save the world from mutually assured destruction. 

On the occasion we are organizing a press conference as per programme below: 

Date: 24rd March, 2018
Place: Press Club of India New Delhi. 
Time: 11.30am

The press conference will be addressed by Dr Tillman Ruff – Founding Chair of the ICAN and Dr Ira Helfand – member International Steering group of ICAN. 

We request you to kindly depute your reporter to cover the press conference.. 

Detailed programme of the seminar is attached.

Kind regards.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Arun Mitra
Co-President IPPNW
M: 9417000360


Theme: The Landmark Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons 
Opportunities and Challenges

Venue: Deputy Speaker’s Hall, Constitution Club, New Delhi 
Date: 24-25 March 2018
Time: 24th March-2.30 pm to 8pm
25th March– 9am to 2pm 
(Medical students workshop on 24th March from 9.00am to 1.30pm at Tiwari Bhawan (Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre, DDU Marg, New Delhi)) 

PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON 24-25 MARCH 2018 AT DELHI

24th March:
2.30pm -4.00pm 
Inaugural session chaired by representatives of IDPD, AIPSO, CNDP, ISCUF

Compeering by
Dr Shakeel Ur Rahman 5 minutes 

Introduction by 
Dr Arun Mitra 5 minutes

Welcome by 

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