Karnataka: Congress MLA Anand Singh resigns: Report
Bengaluru: Congress MLA from Vijayanagar Vidhan Soudha Constituency Anand Singh on Monday has sent his resignation to the speakers according to the reports doing round in political circle.
Speaker Ramesh Kumar however partly denied the reports and added that he has not received resignation of Anand Singh yet and has no information about any such development.
If the reports of his resignation are true then it is expected to be a big blow to the Congress party who is struggling to balance the coalition government in the state with JD(S) post Lok Sabha Elections. Singh is also likely to resign from party’s membership and join the BJP according to reports.
Singh was on the MLA targeted by the BJP in ‘operation lotus’ when the saffron party tried to dismantle the coalition government by winning confidence of JD(S) and Congress MLAs. Singh was also assaulted by fellow Congress MLA Ganesh when the party had lodged all its legislators in resort to avoid ‘operation lotus’ of BJP. Ganesh was later arrested by the police.
The resignation is said to be in-line with Singh’s dissent over the Jindal issue on which he reportedly had difference with the government. CM Kumaraswamy is currently in America and is yet to react to the reports.
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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.
