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44 of 70 Delhi MLAs crorepatis, 23 AAP MLAs have criminal records.
Delhi saw history being created when Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal led Bharatiya Janata party won a massive mandate in the assembly polls winning 67 of 70 seats in the national capital.
According to a report by Delhi Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) based on the self-sworn affidavits of all newly elected MLAs in the Assembly Elections, 23 of 67 party MLAs have
declared criminal cases against themselves. On the other hand, one out of the three BJP MLAs elected to the assembly have declared criminal cases.
MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 70 MLAs, 24 (34%) have declared criminal cases against themselves. 23 (34%) AAP MLAs out of 67 MLAs have declared criminal cases while 1 (33%) out of 3 BJP MLAs has declared criminal cases.
Out of 70 MLAs in the Delhi Assembly elections in 2013, 25 (36%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves and in the 29 (43%) out of 68 MLAs analysed had declared criminal cases.
There were no MLAs who declared heinous criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, crimes against women etc which is a welcome change and is unusual as compared to the rest of the country.
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