Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 ^ UP Amar rahe read the whole article.....Jharkhand has 72% MLAs as criminals, Bihar has 58%, Maharashtra has 51% and UP has 47%.
FischerTal Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 read the whole article.....Jharkhand has 72% MLAs as criminals' date=' Bihar has 58%, Maharashtra has 51% and UP has 47%.[/quote'] :two_thumbs_up: btw no stats for Kerala?
superstar Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 India will leap forward if the law some how stays. Highly doubt it though. Wonder why no news organisation is putting pressue on polticians
Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 :two_thumbs_up: btw no stats for Kerala? yeah, there' doesn't seem to be. I guess they missed it because there certainly are some criminals in Kerela Assembly as well.
FischerTal Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 yeah' date=' there' doesn't seem to be. I guess they missed it because there certainly are some criminals in Kerela Assembly as well.[/quote'] the Kerala CM is involved in some solar scam... you heard about it?
Crookbond Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 the Kerala CM is involved in some solar scam... you heard about it? Mr. Chandy - yup!
Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 the Kerala CM is involved in some solar scam... you heard about it? yeah. The Congress has said that under no circumstances will he resign.
FischerTal Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Mr. Chandy - yup! Mr.Ooomen Chandy to be precise :giggle: Mallus strike again with killer names
Raghav_12 Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 read the whole article.....Jharkhand has 72% MLAs as criminals' date=' Bihar has 58%, Maharashtra has 51% and UP has 47%.[/quote'] You can't say they are criminal until they are convicted. Mere charges don't mean any thing. By that definition Rahul Gandhi can be termed as rapist as there were rape charges against him.
Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 You can't say they are criminal until they are convicted. Mere charges don't mean any thing. By that definition Rahul Gandhi can be termed as rapist as there were rape charges against him. SC verdict on convicted leaders jolts UP politicians With nearly half the state assembly members facing serious criminal charges, Wednesday's landmark Supreme Court judgement to keep convicted leaders out of power has sent legislators in Uttar Pradesh into a tizzy. "If the Supreme Court verdict is implemented in toto, the strength of the assembly will go down by half," a senior leader of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) said, requesting anonymity because of the sensitiveness of the issue. The records show that of the 403 legislators in the country's most populous state that sends the largest number of 80 MPs to Parliament, 189 have serious criminal cases - ranging from robbery, murder, rape to kidnapping and extortion - pending against them. Of all the cases pending, 194 invite a minimum two-year prison term. An analysis of the affidavits submitted by the MLAs to the Election Commission, 12 cases have been registered under the provisions of Section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for inciting communal violence, 21 under the Section 395 of the IPC for dacoity (armed robbery), four of rape, nine of loot, 15 of kidnapping and murder, 95 of attempted murder and 38 cases of murder. It is for this reason that the apex court judgement has sent a chill down the spines of most political parties in the state. According to the records, of the 189 legislators facing serious criminal charges, a staggering 111 are from the SP, 29 from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 25 from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 13 from the Congress. The remaining 11 are either independents or belong to regional parties. One of the top offenders is SP legislator from Bikapur Mitrasen Yadav with 36 cases pending against him, of which 14 are of murder. Following him closely is Independent legislator from Sakaldiha Sushil Singh who has 20 cases against him, of which 12 are of murder. Another SP legislator, Ramveer Singh, who won from the Jasrana seat, has 18 cases registered against him. Mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtaar Ansari, who won the 2012 state assembly polls on Qaumi Ekta Dal ticket, has 15 serious cases slapped against his name. The reaction of political parties to the apex court judgement has been guarded. Welcoming the verdict, BJP state unit chief Laxmikant Bajpai said that it "would go a long way in cleansing the political system". "The political parties have so far paid lip service to efforts to weed out criminals, but I am sure that now they will be more careful in selecting candidates." He, however, cautioned that in many instances cases slapped against politicians were "more political than criminal" in nature. State general secretary of the SP CP Rai termed the apex court judgement "idealistic and utopian". "It is a revolutionary move but is fit for ideal societies and not for those where police is infamous for slapping false cases, killing people in fake encounters and dances to the tunes of their political masters," he added. Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi termed the judgement "path breaking" and that will go a long way in "cleaning up the political system". The Bahujan Samaj Party refused to comment, saying the party "required further, serious and threadbare study of the judgement". According to an analysis by UP Election Watch, while in the 2007 state assembly polls the number of tainted and criminal legislators was 35 percent, it has risen dangerously to 47 percent in the current assembly. In the past, two ministers in successive governments - Amarmani Tripathi and Anand Sen - were convicted by courts on murder charges. Recently, Independent legislator from Kunda and cabinet minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government, Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiyya, had to quit following his name cropping up in the murder case of a police officer. Among the members of parliament from Uttar Pradesh, former chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati face charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known income. http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/UttarPradesh/SC-verdict-on-convicted-leaders-jolts-UP-politicians/Article1-1090862.aspx
Crookbond Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Raghav_12 is correct - you can even be in jail without being convicted AFAIK
Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Hindustan Times @htTweets Supreme Court bars those in jail from contesting elections: TV reports #ht
superstar Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Hindustan Times @htTweets Supreme Court bars those in jail from contesting elections: TV reports #ht What about those on bail? Kanimozhi is set to be elected to rajya sabha
bulbul Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 What about those on bail? Kanimozhi is set to be elected to rajya sabha Where is Raja?
superstar Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Where is Raja? He is also roaming outside. If police give him the real treatment, I am sure lot of interesting stuff will come out.
Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 What about those on bail? Kanimozhi is set to be elected to rajya sabha I guess it doesn't apply to them :hmmm:
FischerTal Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Where is Raja? what about jagan too? he's in jail but im sure if he were to support Congress in next LS elections, he would get an instant jail free pass :giggle:
Sachin=GOD Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 what about jagan too? he's in jail but im sure if he were to support Congress in next LS elections' date=' he would get an instant jail free pass :giggle:[/quote'] they're not asking him to merely support them. They're asking him to merge his party with Cong. Otherwise he will stay in jail or worse still, he will be convicted soon - either ways, he won't be able to contest. Meanwhile his party continues to gain momentum and everyone is saying that its going to win in AP Assembly elections easily and get substantial numbers in Lok Sabha too. In the end I think he will support Cong but will never merge his party.
bulbul Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 they're not asking him to merely support them. They're asking him to merge his party with Cong. Otherwise he will stay in jail or worse still, he will be convicted soon - either ways, he won't be able to contest. Meanwhile his party continues to gain momentum and everyone is saying that its going to win in AP Assembly elections easily and get substantial numbers in Lok Sabha too. In the end I think he will support Cong but will never merge his party. Nothing is guaranteed , Con party can bring pressure thru his mother.But if Telangana seperated, con party will be introuble in AP.
FischerTal Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 they're not asking him to merely support them. They're asking him to merge his party with Cong. Otherwise he will stay in jail or worse still, he will be convicted soon - either ways, he won't be able to contest. Meanwhile his party continues to gain momentum and everyone is saying that its going to win in AP Assembly elections easily and get substantial numbers in Lok Sabha too. In the end I think he will support Cong but will never merge his party. i dont think they will do well in Telangana region
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