Mumbai: Around 176 newly-elected legislators in Maharashtra are facing criminal charges, reveals a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
The advocacy group found that 62 per cent (176 MLAs) have criminal cases pending against them while 40 per cent (113 MLAs) have serious criminal cases.
The data was prepared based on analysis on self-sworn affidavits of 285 of the total 288 MLAs.
The ADR stated that affidavits of the remaining three MLAs could not be analysed as their completed documents were not available on the Election Commission’s website.
In the 2014 elections, the state Assembly had 165 MLAs with criminal cases, of which 115 were facing serious criminal charges, the ADR said.