Centre allowing capitalists to loot Country's wealth: Brinda Karat
Bengaluru, Jan 22: CPM Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat said that the central government has been exploiting tribals, dalits and women to help the capitalists to loot the wealth of the country.
Speaking at a seminar on ‘Conversations of the Constitution’ organised by the Social Welfare department here on Tuesday, she said that the tribals have special Constitutional right to live and do business on the land they have been living. In spite of this, they were being evicted forcefully, she said.
The Bill providing reservation to women in the Parliament was in the House from 2009 to 2019 and no one was taking a decision to table the Bill and thus, women, dalits and tribals were being exploited continuously, he said.
Today, Sangh Parivar has been exploiting the people in the name of caste, religion, food, dress and those who were questioning it were being branded as traitors. So people should understand the agenda of the BJP, she said.
BJP Lok Sabha Member Rakesh Sinha said that the BJP has taken a proactive decision by introducing 10 per cent reservation to the upper caste poor. But some organisations have been protesting which is uncalled for. The attacks being carrying out in the name of food, caste and religion were being checked. But in West Bengal, hundreds of people were killed in the name ideology during the CPM government and it has continued during Trinamool Congress government, he said.
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73 Rajya Sabha MPs declare criminal cases; 31 billionaires: ADR Report
New Delhi (PTI): Around 32 per cent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 14 per cent are billionaires, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
The report is based on an analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs. One seat from Jharkhand is currently vacant, while affidavits of three MPs were unavailable. The analysis includes 37 recently elected members.
Of the 229 MPs analysed, 73 (32 per cent) have declared criminal cases, with 36 (16 per cent) of them facing serious charges. One MP has declared a case of murder, four have cases of attempt to murder, and three have cases related to crimes against women.
Party-wise, 27 of 99 BJP MPs, 12 of 28 Congress MPs, four of 13 TMC MPs, and four of 10 AAP MPs have declared criminal cases. Three MPs from CPI(M) and BRS each have disclosed criminal cases.
The report also found 31 MPs (14 per cent) having a net worth of billions of rupees.
Among major parties, six BJP MPs, five Congress MPs, four YSRCP MPs, two AAP MPs, two BRS MPs, and three NCP MPs have declared assets exceeding Rs 100 crore.
The average assets of a Rajya Sabha MP stand at Rs 120.69 crore.
Among major parties, the average assets per MP are Rs 28.29 crore for BJP, Rs 128.61 crore for Congress, Rs 17.70 crore for TMC, and Rs 574.09 crore for AAP. Other parties include YSRCP (Rs 522.63 crore), SP (Rs 399.71 crore), BJD (Rs 105.63 crore), and DMK (Rs 11.90 crore).
BRS MP Bandi Partha Saradhi has declared the highest assets at over Rs 5,300 crore, followed by AAP's Rajinder Gupta with over Rs 5,053 crore, and YSRCP's Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy with over Rs 2,577 crore.
On the other end, AAP MP Sant Balbir Singh is the poorest, with assets worth about Rs 3 lakh. He is followed by Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba of Manipur with around Rs 5 lakh, and TMC's Prakash Chik Baraik with approximately Rs 9 lakh.
